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).
Discouraging the use of thick oil in gearboxes and back axles due to cold weather handling issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan152 | |
| Date | 29th November 1924 | |
| To HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} ) FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} Handwritten: X4219 (crossed out) Handwritten: X3840 Handwritten: 51 R6/M29.11.24. X.4219 X.3591 I should discourage the use of thick oil in gearboxes and back axles. The brown Goshawk which has come here is extremely difficult to handle when it is cold in the morning. Where the gearbox was filled I do not know. This car is 4-G-11. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||