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).
Correspondence regarding tyre noise tests on a Bentley and a request for tyre tread measurements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\6\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 26th August 1937 | |
| 1336 INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. TELEPHONES: PAISLEY 4141/5. INCHINNAN SCOTLAND TELEGRAMS: INDIATYRE, RENFREW. OUR REF. PW/IK. YOUR REF. 26th August, 1937. W.A. Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, Many thanks for the time and trouble which you went to to demonstrate the tyre noises on the Bentley. I feel that the tests which were carried out were quite conclusive and we shall do everything possible to let you have another set of 6.50/17 tyres with a modified tread design within the course of the next week or so. Could you let me have a measurement (on the arc) of the tread width of the Dunlop tyre which you showed me? On thinking the matter over, it appears to me that the tread width on this tyre has been reduced below normal and I should like to have a check. Please also convey my thanks to Mr. Grylls. Yours faithfully, INDIA TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. Paul Worth. Works Manager. [Handwritten note in margin] GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Please supply the necessary information Pm | ||