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 Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd concerning the dispatch of standard and experimental tyres for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0231 | |
| Date | 9th January 1941 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1885 SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE CHAIRMAN MAJOR R.F. FULLER, J.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E. M.INST.T. JOINT GENERAL MANAGERS H.B. COMLEY, O.E. SWANBOROUGH SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT R.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd SERVICE DEPOTS, LONDON BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE GLASGOW BELFAST. Telegrams RUBBER MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES). Codes ABC. 5TH EDN. WESTERN UNION. BENTLEYS & M.T. PRIVATE CODE. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, MELKSHAM, WILTS. JGM/FMS. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/ET. 9th January, 1941. W.A. Robotham, Esq., Rolls Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Robotham, I regret, through an oversight, I have not replied sooner to your letter of 30th December. I have arranged that two 5.00/16 Avon Standard tyres will be despatched to you immediately. Because we believe your motor car will provide a very good test of the quality of our product, we do not propose to invoice these tyres to you, but we shall, of course, have to charge you with Purchase Tax which, I believe, amounts to 13/5d. per tyre. I have instructed our Sales Department to arrange for this sum to be charged direct to you C/o of the Company. We have, at last, received back the 6.50/16 mould we sent to Birmingham to be recut as arranged when I visited you on 28th October, 1940. Experimental tyres for you to test should be despatched from these Works about Wednesday, 15th January. With best wishes for 1941, Yours sincerely, J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay [Handwritten notes:] file tyres 1331 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||