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. to Rolls-Royce regarding standardising gear oil for the Bentley hypoid rear axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1935 | |
| BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING X1231 Makers of the Famous "PATENT CASTROL" Motor Oils. BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES C. C. Wakefield & Co., Limited. MANUFACTURERS OF High Class LUBRICANTS. GOVERNING DIRECTOR. VISCOUNT WAKEFIELD OF HYTHE. MANAGING DIRECTOR. W.R.GRAHAM. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE. Wakefield House. 30&32, Cheapside, London, E.C.2. OUR REF.: CJC/IS. YOUR REF.: Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/KW. 2nd September, 1935. TELEGRAMS: "CHEERY, CENT, LONDON." TELEPHONES: CITY 4411 (10 Lines.) CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. PREMIER, BENTLEY'S, AND BROOMHALL. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 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 NOTTINGHAM SOUTHAMPTON ABROAD. ADELAIDE AUCKLAND BANGKOK BERLIN BOMBAY BRISBANE BRUSSELS BUCHAREST BUENOS AIRES CALCUTTA CAPE TOWN CHRISTCHURCH COLOGNE COLOMBO COPENHAGEN DUNEDIN DURBAN GENEVA HONGKONG JOHANNESBURG KARACHI LISBON LYTTLETON MADRAS MALTA MELBOURNE MILAN MONTEVIDEO MONTREAL NEW YORK PARIS PENANG PERTH, W.A. PRAGUE RANGOON RIO DE JANEIRO SANTOS SINGAPORE SOURABAYA STOCKHOLM SYDNEY TORONTO VALPARAISO VANCOUVER VIENNA WELLINGTON WINNIPEG ZURICH Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 30th ultimo, and are very pleased to note that you contemplate standardising CASTROL HI-PRESS GEAR OIL for the Bentley hypoid rear axle. We are going carefully into the two points you raise, and will be replying fully by a later post. Yours faithfully, C.C. WAKEFIELD & CO. LIMITED, Managing Director. [Overstamped in grey: GRY{Shadwell Grylls}] [Overstamped in red: ALL BRITISH FIRM] | ||