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).
Letter to Cleveland Petroleum Products Ltd declining to test high-octane or alcohol fuels as their cars are not designed to benefit from them.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan316 | |
| Date | 31th May 1934 | |
| X1282 Exptl. Dept. Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}33/KW. 31st May, 1934. The Cleveland Petroleum Products Ltd., Central House, Upper Woburn Place, LONDON, W.C.1. Dear Sirs, Replying to your letter of the 30th May. We are not at the moment interested in fuels having a higher octane value than 76. None of the cars we sell are designed to benefit from alcohol fuel. Therefore for the time being we feel we cannot undertake any tests. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||