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).
Letter from a tyre company regarding a complaint about chafing inner tubes fitted to a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\6\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 4th November 1936 | |
| 1336 INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. TELEPHONES: PAISLEY 4141/5. INCHINNAN SCOTLAND TELEGRAMS: INDIATYRE, RENFREW. OUR REF. PW/IK. YOUR REF. Handwritten note: Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Please return 4th November, 1936. Handwritten note: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} hix Would like to know chassis number. MR- 6/xi/36 W.A. Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, We have recently had a complaint brought to our attention regarding 5.50/18 covers fitted to a Bentley. The complaint was that the toes of the bead were chafing the inner tube. We replaced the covers and tubes and asked that the set of covers and tubes be returned to the Factory for examination. We found that the chafing had occurred at a point on the inner tube where it had been doubled over in fitting. I thought that it would be advisable to bring this matter to your attention as you might like to look into this. We have checked up our tube sizes and we can find nothing wrong in this direction. It may be that someone has been careless in fitting. Have you had any results yet from the 6.00/17 tyres fitted to the Bentley? I am sorry I did not have an opportunity of seeing you at the time of the Show in London and I am wondering if there are any matters which you would like to discuss with me at present. Kind regards, Yours sincerely, [Signature] Works Manager. | ||