From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Excessive noise from India brand tyres fitted to Bentley cars and the need to test quieter alternatives.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\6\ scan0047 | |
Date | 8th May 1936 | |
S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} GRY{Shadwell Grylls} X1336 Bentley Tyres. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}25/KW8.5.36. Reference Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}4/KW13.2.36, will you please let us know if you are carrying out any tests with other tyres, or whether you have approached the India Tyre Company to give you something which will be more silent than the present India tyres on Bentley cars. There is no doubt that the present India as fitted on the Bentley is very noisy, and I am sure none of us wants to go on indefinitely using noisy tyres if we can get something more silent. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Ruel | ||