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).
Quotation from Industrial Rubber Products Ltd. for a trial set of Miller Cord Tyres and Tubes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\1\ Scan002 | |
| Date | 11th March 1922 | |
| X4527 TELEGRAMS: INDRUPRO, WESTCENT, LONDON. DIRECTORS: THE VISCOUNT GRIMSTON. ERNEST D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} BURLEY. JOHN COOPER. TELEPHONE: MUSEUM 4363 4364. INDUSTRIAL RUBBER PRODUCTS LIMITED. Sole Distributors for the British Isles for Miller GEARED-TO-THE-ROAD Tyres MAKERS OF ALL CLASSES OF RUBBER GOODS. BROOK HOUSE, 191-192 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, W. 1 FACTORIES: ST ALBANS. JC/DM {D. Munro} Eleventh March 1922. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, Motor Car Manufacturers, Nightingale Road, Derby. Your ref. HSG/LG Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hines. We duly received your letter of the 2nd March to hand 4th March, and note with pleasure that your Mr. Chichester has recommended that you should make tests with Miller Cord Tyres. We have therefore pleasure in quoting you as requested for a trial set of tyres for experimental tests, as follows:- For 5 33x5 straight-sided Miller Cord Geared-to-the Road covers @ £13.17.9. each = £69.8.9. " 5 33x5 Miller Road Tubes for Cord covers @ £ 1.8.3. each = £ 7.1.3. TOTAL = £76.10.0. LESS 50% SPECIAL TRIAL DISCOUNT ...... £38.5.0. NETT CASH PRICE .£|38.5.0| Carriage Paid to your Works, packing free, delivered from stock. [STAMP] RECEIVED MAR 13 1922 [HANDWRITTEN NOTES] [Top Left] Mines S. No action until we hear further from them [Left Margin] HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Seen their representative 28/3/22. Asked for weight + min of tyres & whether these guarantee within guaranteed mileage. If o.k. confirm our present order, otherwise place no order as price seems very hard. [Signature] 28/3/22 [By Address] H6 | ||