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 Rapson Tyre & Jack Co. discussing the features and performance of their tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\1\ Scan045 | |
| Date | 8th October 1923 guessed | |
| RAPSON TYRE & JACK COMPANY, Ltd. CONTINUATION SHEET No. -3- Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., Attention of E.W.Hives.Esq., such good results as the Rapson. One of the outstanding features of our new design is that we provide a special thickness of tread rubber with serrated ribs running one-third the distance up the walls for running in ruts. In use on your armoured cars, this special feature has proved extraordinarily successful and from the dozens of other makes of tyres which we have removed from customers' cars, we are satisfied that there is a great weakness in the ordinary pneumatic at a point immediately above the shoulder when run at low pressures, which does not exist in the Rapson. If my offer still interests you and you will be good enough to drop me a line here, I will have the tyres despatched within four hours of receipt of your message. In conclusion, I think you will be interested to hear that in my own private trials on my two-seater Rolls-Royce car, I actually reached 19,940 miles before reaching the breaker strip and have now had the tyres retreaded and hope to cover quite another 10,000 miles. Should I prove successful, I shall advertise this to a great extent, as it will mean that I have given proof that,although slightly more expensive than the ordinary pneumatics, the Rapson is the most economical and most reliable tyre made. Yours faithfully, RAPSON TYRE AND JACK COMPANY.LIMITED., F.{Mr Friese} Lionel Rapson Managing Director. b.M. This letter was dictated by Mr. Rapson, who had to leave before signing same. | ||