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).
Official order for tyres from Dunlop Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\1\ scan0354 | |
| Date | 1st May 1936 | |
| X1332 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KW.1.5.36. Will you please pass an official order to Messrs. Dunlop Ltd., for 2 sets of modified "90" type tyres for English conditions, and 2 sets for Continental conditions, the latter 2 sets to be despatched direct to Mr. Hancock in France. These tyres are all for use on the Ph.III, and were ordered in our letter to Dunlop's, reference Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}21/KW.29.4.36. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||