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).
Suitability of India Tyres versus Dunlops for the 40/50 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan083 | |
| Date | 13th April 1931 | |
| X46 To Bs.{A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/KT.13.4.31. With reference to your Bsl1/H31.3.31. we attach a copy of a letter we have written to Capt. Bowman who is a director of the India Tyre Co. We suggest that you reply to Mr. Barclay and tell him that we have run some hundreds of thousand miles on Dunlops without this trouble being brought to our notice, and that we can say no more than this since we have never tested out India Tyres on our 40/50 HP car. We suggest that you add that as far as we can say we can see no justification for the statement with regard to the well-base being unsuitable for tyres of this section. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||