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 The Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding squealing tyres and arranging a competitive tyre test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 14th October 1940 | |
| 1331 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 R.H. COMLEY. O.F. SWANBOROUGH. SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT E.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd. Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES). Codes A B C. 5TH EDN. WESTERN UNION. BENTLEYS & MT PRIVATE CODE. SERVICE DEPOTS, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE, GLASGOW, BELFAST. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS. MELKSHAM, WILTS. JGM/VB. 14th. October. 1940. Mr. Robottom, Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Robottom, Thanks for your letter of 10th. October regarding the squealing of tyres. This letter crossed my letter of 9th. October to Hardy, in which I indicated that I should like to come to Derby to discuss this and other problems with you. In that letter I stated that I should be free to make this call any time after 21st. October, but in view of your proposal that we should make a comparative test on a competitive tyre against the worst of the eight tyres you now require for your experimental Cars, I suggest that the visit be deferred until some time during the week commencing 28th. October. With your agreement I would use the intervening interval to make the eight tyres you now require under the direct supervision of a member of my staff because your experience points to some variability in the product. I have today obtained from the L.M. & S. details of the train service from Bath to Derby. I find that I could reach Derby at 11.36.a.m. and would have to leave at 4 p.m. to get back in the same day. If the tests you have in mind necessitate my being in Derby for a longer period, I could however, stay over-night, but there is a deal to do here and I should prefer to fit the Derby visit into one day. Yours sincerely, THE AVON INDIA RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay. DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND CHIEF CHEMIST. | ||