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).
Evaluation of Rapson brand tyres, jacks, and dipping headlights.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\4\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 5th December 1921 | |
| W/S PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3553 RAPSON TYRES, ETC. X1238 X3553 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}10/LG5.12.21. With reference to your memo. ref. PN{Mr Northey}14/DN4.11.21 attaching original letter from F.L. Rapson, Esq. regarding Tyres, Jacks and Dipping Head-lights. You will see that we have sent a report to R.{Sir Henry Royce} saying that we consider the Rapson Jack is one of the best Jacks we have tested. I think also the scheme of dipping the head-lights, if it could be made mechanically strong and reliable, is one of the best methods of overcoming the glare. As regards the Rapson tyres, we have written Mr. Rapson to see whether he would be prepared to let us have a set of tyres for test on special terms. We attach copy of the letter. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||