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 use of mineral oils for the storage of cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 20th January 1940 | |
| 1235 To Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/Sd. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/JH.20.1.40. With reference to your memo. ref. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/Sd.8/MW.17.1.40. re Storage of Cars. At the present we are not in a position to carry out tests with oils for this purpose. Our experience in the past has been to use mineral oils, therefore we do not at the present propose to alter our opinion that mineral oils should be used for this purpose. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||