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 to Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding tyre development, testing, and supply.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0264 | |
| Date | 12th December 1935 | |
| X1332 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}24/KW. 12th December,1935. A.{Mr Adams} Healey Esq., The Dunlop Rubber Co.Ltd., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham. Dear Mr. Healey, Thank you for your letter of December 11th. I note that you are not enthusiastic about the Jumbo tyre. From the size it does not appear that it will be very easy for us to test it on the Ph.3 car. We should like to know whether you have any further developments on the tyre side to overcome our joint problem; we are slowly being forced to the conclusion that for English conditions of controllability, rubber shackles will not be acceptable to the English public, and these are the only means used by the Americans to obtain immunity from tyre groans. Conduit Street are asking for 9 more of the silent type 20/25 HP tyre, and we shall be glad if you will despatch these to Lillie Hall, Seagrave Road, Fulham S.W.6., marked for the attention of Major Cox, sending the invoice to Conduit Street in due course. Incidentally, it would facilitate ordering these tyres if you could give this tread a name. Yours sincerely, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||