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).
Follow-up letter from Cleveland Petroleum Products regarding the testing of their motor spirit on Bentley cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\1\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 17th January 1935 | |
| X1282 CLEVELAND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CO. PROPRIETORS PETROLEUM STORAGE & FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. CENTRAL HOUSE, UPPER WOBURN PLACE, LONDON, W.C.1. TELEGRAMS: STORFINAN, KINCROSS, LONDON. TELEPHONES: EUSTON 2844 (8 LINES) Your Ref. NS{Norman Scott}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/KW. Experimental Department. Our Ref. Tech. NS{Norman Scott}/DF. 17th January, 1935. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, You will probably remember that in October of last year we had the pleasure of supplying you with a 50 gallon drum of our Cleveland Discol Motor Spirit, which, from your letter of the 3rd October, reference HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/KW. you proposed testing on your Bentley cars. We should now be pleased to hear if you have found it convenient to carry out the tests, and if so, should very much appreciate a line from you to say whether or not the results obtained were satisfactory. Yours faithfully, CLEVELAND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPANY. Technical Department. [STAMP: CLEVELAND DISCOL BRITISH ALCOHOL BLEND] | ||