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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 a tyre manufacturer regarding a tyre mileage trial and the suitability of retreading on a specific vehicle chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 39\1\  Scan077
Date  21th March 1924
  
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TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS

BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M THE KING

DIRECTORS:
COL. R.{Sir Henry Royce} HALSEY. CHAIRMAN.
F.{Mr Friese} LIONEL RAPSON. MANAGING DIRECTOR.
VICE-ADMIRAL SIR LIONEL HALSEY, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., C.B.
CAPT. F.{Mr Friese} MORAY HAY, O.G.M.
JOHN LOMAX (SECRETARY).

Your Ref.
Our Ref. FIR/DLM.
Please Quote.

RAPSON TYRE & JACK COY. LTD.

Tyre Factory:
NEW MALDEN SURREY

Sales Dept:
477, OXFORD STREET, LONDON.

TYRE & JACK MANUFACTURERS

BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES

Telegraphic Address:
RAPSONO, NEW MALDEN, SURREY.

Code: BENTLEY'S

Telephone:
MALDEN 190, 191, 192.

Handwritten: X1238
Handwritten: HK{Col. T. Harker - Sales}

E.W. Hives,Esq.,
Messrs Rolls-Royce,Ltd.,
D E R B Y.

21st March 1924.

Dear Mr. Hives,

Very many thanks for your report on Rapson tyres dated March 15th.

I note that the four tyres are now fitted in the original positions, that is, the original front tyres have a total mileage of 10,273 and are returned on the front and the retreads with 356 miles are returned on the rear.

At the conclusion of your trial, when all four treads are worn flat, I want to work out the tyre cost per mile. I should, therefore, like you, if you do not mind, quoting in your report the original rear tyre mileage, plus retread tyre mileage. Masking you to do this, I wish to point out that my experience is that, on an efficiently sprung vehicle like the Rolls-Royce where the spring suspension helps the tyres to such an enormous degree, the flexing effect on the casings of the tyres is such that, although the treads may have been worn completely away, the casings are still good for thousands of miles and justify a retread. On certain other makes of chassis, however, we find, in making our

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