Letter from Dunlop confirming production of 7.50-18 'C' type tyre covers and an order alteration.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\2\ scan0239 | |
| Date | 10th March 1938 | |
| DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, PHONE, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: ERDINGTON 2121 (P.B.X) EXTENSION NO 395. YOUR REF: OUR REF: HEP/HM. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} 144.D. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM [Handwritten number: 1332] Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. 10th March, 1938. Dear Sirs, We understand from telephone conversation yesterday that the four 7.50-18 'C' type covers specified as the second item on your order 57997 are required in the special variable pitch pattern, as referred to in our letter of the 3rd March to Mr. Grylls. The new mould for the production of this particular tyre has been put into work today and we hope that the first four covers will be ready by the week end. Despatch will thereupon be made to you immediately. We take this opportunity of returning the order acceptance slip, and would confirm that the first item has been altered to read - one 4.50-18 Dunlop Standard '90' cover, as forwarded on our advice note 6607. Yours faithfully, For DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LTD. [Signature] Manager, Car Manfrs. Divn. [Logo: 1888 1938 DUNLOP 50 YEARS OF GROWTH] | ||
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).