Letter from Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. regarding a request to make a special 5.500/18' tyre, asking for further specifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0099 | |
| Date | 5th December 1933 | |
| K4050 DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, PHONE, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL 4108 (P.B.E) EXTENSION No. YOUR REF: Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/KT. OUR REF: W.D.B. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM December 5th. 1933. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For attention of W.A. Robotham Esq. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 2nd inst., received this morning. We have a tyre approximately of the size you mention, viz. 5.500/18", but we would like to make a special tyre for your present purpose. It would help us considerably if you could give us front, and rear axle weights of the car, the maximum speed you will use, and the distance you expect to travel without changing tyres? You will realize that these points have an important bearing on details of design of the tyre, apart from its size. Assuring you of our best attention to your requirements. Yours faithfully, For THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO LTD., C A Healey Works Director. | ||
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).