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).
Urgent request to order 50 gallons of Castrol XL oil for a 10,000-mile test at Chateauroux.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0111 | |
| Date | 10th September 1936 | |
| X1231/ To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}23/KW.10.9.36. Will you please order 50 gallons of Castrol XL for use at Chateauroux on 10,000 miles test. This is rather urgent. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||