Letter to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. requesting to stop work on 5.50 x 16 lightweight rims due to the war.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\3\ scan0091 | |
| Date | 25th September 1939 | |
| 1370 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 25th. September, 1939. Messrs. Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, BIRMINGHAM, 24. For the attention of Mr. H.E.Price. Dear Sirs, Thank you for your memo of September 22nd. ref. HEP/WS.308. In view of the War we should be glad if you would stop work on the 5.50 x 16 Light weight rims, as we cannot carry out any experiments on these. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||
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).