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Log sheet detailing tests on Dunlop straight-sided tyres for the week ending 12th September 1920.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\1\  Scan092
Date  12th September 1920
  
Tests of Dunlop straight-sided tyres
for week-ending 12th. Sept.

Tyre pressures - 70 lbs. rear. 65 lbs. front.

Date. | Tyres fitted. | Position on car. | Total miles F. {Mr Friese} | Total miles R. {Sir Henry Royce} | Daily miles. | Route taken. | Remarks.
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
6.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N. front, O. {Mr Oldham} front, N rear, O rear | 5639, 528 | 1846, 1887 | — | — | Experimenting in Shop.
7.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | | | — | |
8.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | | | — | |
9.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | 5643, 532 | 1850, 1891 | 4 | Local. |
10.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | | | — | Holidays commence. |
11.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | | | — | |
12.9.20 | FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1648, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1999, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2460, FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2159 | N front, O front, N rear, O rear | | | — | |
  
  
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).


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