Letter from a tyre supplier regarding the schedule for manufacturing and shipping test tyres and wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\6\ scan0020 | |
| Date | 16th March 1936 | |
| X1336 TELEPHONES: PAISLEY 4141/5. INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. INCHINNAN SCOTLAND TELEGRAMS: INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel BrakesTYRE, RENFREW. OUR REF. PW/HDE. YOUR REF. 16th March, 1936. W. A. {Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, We have your letter of 13th March and we note that you want us to supply a set of wheels and tyres size 6.00/17 for test. We will have these wheels and tyres ready to ship to you before the end of the present week. The 6.00/17 tyre has the Bentley type of tread design. With regard to the 6.50/16 Aero Cushion tyre with the Bentley design tread, our equipment for manufacturing this tyre will be ready on the 23rd March and we would be in a position to ship these tyres to you on Thursday 26th March. We are sending you prints showing the 5.50/18, 6.00/17 and 6.50/16 mounted on your present type of wire wheel. Would you like us to return the prints which you so kindly sent us or may we keep these? Yours faithfully, INDIAProduction 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. Paul Scott. Works Manager. | ||
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).