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 Company Ltd. concerning arrangements for testing 16 silent pattern tyres on a road, drum, and an experimental Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0078 | |
| Date | 19th December 1938 | |
| 1331 MANUFACTURERS OF AVON TYRES, SPORTS SUNDRIES, FOOTWEAR, FLOORING & MECHANICAL RUBBERS Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM Established 1885 The AVON INDIA RUBBER Co LTD. SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE Telephones MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES) Chairman: MAJOR R.{Sir Henry Royce} F.{Mr Friese} FULLER. J.P Deputy Chmn: SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E., M.Inst.T. Secretary & Accountant: E.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. Service Depots: LONDON :: BIRMINGHAM : BRISTOL : MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE : GLASGOW : BELFAST : DUBLIN Our Ref. JGM/NAV. Your Ref.________ Regd. Office & Works MELKSHAM, WILTS. 19th December, 1938. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention:- Mr. F.J. Hardy. Dear Sirs, We thank you for the courteous interview granted last Wednesday to Mr. S. Lovell-Hewitt and the undersigned. We hope to forward to you on Wednesday, 4th January, 16 tyres in our latest silent pattern. These will embody the further reduction in crown angle which was suggested last Wednesday. It is confirmed that four of those tyres will be tested by you on the road and on the drums at Derby and that the remainder will be required for tests on the experimental Bentley car now running on the Continent. We propose to call on you again at Derby immediately you have made your factory tests on this latest design, but we would again confirm that should any unexpected observations be made in your Continental tests the undersigned would be willing to proceed at short notice to the site of those tests to give what assistance he can in investigation. Assuring you of our best service at all times. We remain, Yours faithfully, THE AVON INDIA RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND CHIEF CHEMIST. | ||