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).
The sale of cars to Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd. for oil testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\3\ scan0248 | |
| Date | 31th May 1937 | |
| 1227 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/R.31.5.37. With reference to the attached correspondence, I am not in favour of selling our cars cheaply in order to enable Shell to conduct oil tests. As it is we have a great deal of our time occupied by representatives of Wakefields, The Vacuum Oil Co. and Shell. If they were running our cars we should never be rid of them. Mr. Callingham quotes you, on sheet 2, as having been sympathetic to his suggestion that he should run a Bentley. If, therefore, you do not agree with my view of the matter, I would like to know before replying. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||