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 Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd. concerning tyre and rim details for a Standard Bentley Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 16th July 1941 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1885 [AVON LOGO] SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd. 1331. Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES). Codes A.B.C. 5TH EDN. WESTERN UNION, BENTLEYS & M.I. PRIVATE CODE. CHAIRMAN: MAJOR R.F. FULLER, J.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E., M.INST.T. JOINT GENERAL MANAGERS R.H. COMLEY. O.F. SWANBOROUGH. SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT F.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. SERVICE DEPOTS, LONDON·BIRMINGHAM·BRISTOL·MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE·GLASGOW·BELFAST. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, MELKSHAM, WILTS. JGM/VD. [Handwritten Initials]: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten Initials]: Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} [Handwritten Note]: How do these sizes affect - cross steering & tyre clearance etc. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 16th. July. 1941. Mr. Robotham, Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd. DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, In connection with the American Wide Base Rim Development about which we had a discussion during my last visit to you, it was agreed that I should send you full details of a Wide Base Rim which would be suitable for use on a 35 cwt. Standard Bentley Chassis. According to the published load and inflation tables the size of tyre required would be 6.50/16 and of the two Wide Base Rims namely 5.1/2.K. and 6.L. on which this tyre can be fitted, we recommend the 5.1/2.K. size. I therefore send you herewith three copies of Drawing No. TR.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance}10-30-40-K.{Mr Kilner} this being the official T. & R.A. drawing of the 5.1/2.K. Wide Base Rim. I hope that you will be successful in obtaining these rims as we are mutually interested in the results of the test which you propose to make. Yours faithfully, THE AVON INDIA RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. [Signature] I. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND CHIEF CHEMIST. [Handwritten Note]: Investigated By Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} who to have a scheme which will illustrate that the Wheel & tyre will make no difference to Ball Pin position a out-of-centre point. Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 29/7/41. | ||