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).
Proposal to recommend alternative lubricating oil brands to avoid reliance on a single supplier.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0098 | |
| Date | 5th May 1924 | |
| To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X967 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG5. 5. 24. RE. ALTERNATIVE LUBRICATING OILS. X.967 X1538 Our proposal is that we should recommend one or two brands of oil besides Prices. Our tests have gone sufficiently far to prove that we can obtain equal results with other brands of oil. We suggest that it will be better for us not to be tied to one Firm for supplying oil. It might happen, as in the case of Prices, that a Firm will either change hands or their product deteriorate. Prices oils cannot be obtained at all times - this would be another advantage of recommending alternative brands. Our final recommendations as regards other brands of oil will be sent through when we have completed the 10,000 miles on the EAC.111. cars in France. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||