The immediate order of Dunlop tyres and bands for a car travelling to France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 1st May 1933 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 9/KT.1.5.33. Will you please order immediately, 6 - 18 x 6.00" Dunlop tyres with tubes, having the latest tread if possible. 6 Rubber/rim bands to suit. [Handwritten: wheel] We require these tyres and bands by Wednesday as the car is leaving for France on Thursday. Also will you please order and instruct, six of the same type of tyres to be sent direct to Hotel de France, ChateaurouxFrench test region, France. These will be required in approx. four weeks time. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||
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).