Letter from Dunlop Rubber Co. confirming a tyre order and advising of a substitution for a specific tyre type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\2\ scan0338 | |
| Date | 29th December 1938 | |
| 1332. DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, PHONE, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: ERDINGTON 2121 (P.B.X) EXTENSION No. 395. YOUR REF: OUR REF: HEP/WS.456.C. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM 24 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 29th December, 1938. Dear Sirs, Thank you for your Order No.79397. The 10, 6.50-17 Fort 'C' type covers and 10, 7.00-16 Fort covers and tubes have been booked out and sent off to you against invoices 6227-8-9 of yesterday's date. We do not manufacture 7.00-16 tyres in the 'C' type pattern, and we have sent new pattern Fort covers to you incorporating the variable pitch tread. These are charged out at £2. 0.0d each less settlement discount only. The acknowledgment slip has been signed and is attached to this letter. Yours faithfully, For DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LTD. H.E. Price Manager, Car Manfrs. Division. [Handwritten annotations below] Pom / F D Received 2-1-39 hotice RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / FD {Frank Dodd - Bodies} [Logo text in bottom left corner] 1888 1938 DUNLOP 50 YEARS OF GROWTH | ||
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).