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 from C.C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd. regarding the thinning of No. 1 Gearease with the addition of Castrol 'XL' oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan202 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1931 | |
| Y 1583. BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING. C. C. Wakefield & Co., Limited. Manufacturers of High Class Lubricants. GOVERNING DIRECTOR. LORD WAKEFIELD. MANAGING DIRECTOR. W.R.GRAHAM. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE. TELEGRAMS: 'CHEERY, CENT, LONDON' TELEPHONES: CENTRAL 3089 (8 Lines). CODES: A.B.C. 5th EDITION, PREMIER, BENTLEY'S, AND BROOMHALL. WORKS: REGENT STREET, LIVERPOOL. AND HAYES, MIDDLESEX. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. HOME. ABERDEEN, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, CARDIFF, CORK, DUBLIN, GLASGOW, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, PETERBOROUGH, SOUTHAMPTON ABROAD. ADELAIDE, AUCKLAND, BANGKOK, BERLIN, BOMBAY, BRISBANE, BRUSSELS, BUCHAREST, BUENOS AIRES, CALCUTTA, CAPE TOWN, CHRISTCHURCH, COLOGNE, COLOMBO, COPENHAGEN, DURBAN, GENEVA, JOHANNESBURG, KARACHI, LISBON, LYTTELTON, MADRAS, MADRID, MALTA, MELBOURNE, MILAN, MONTEVIDEO, MONTREAL, NEW YORK, PARIS, PENANG, PERTH W.A., PORT SUDAN, PRAGUE, RANGOON, RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS, SINGAPORE, SOURABAYA, SYDNEY, THE HAGUE, TORONTO, VALPARAISO, VIENNA, WELLINGTON, ZURICH Wakefield House, 30 & 32, Cheapside, London, E.C.2. OUR REF: RGG/EH. YOUR REF: Expl.Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}10/KT. 2nd June, 1931. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. RECEIVED 3 JUN 1931 Dear Sirs, Your favour of the 28th ult. is received with thanks. In reply we have pleasure in stating that there will be no objection to your thinning down No. 1. Gearease by the addition of CASTROL "XL" under the conditions mentioned. Yours faithfully, C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO., LIMITED, [Signature] Managing Director. AJL MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "CASTROL" MOTOR OILS. | ||