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).
Availability of specific motor oils for use in hydraulic shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 26th October 1926 | |
| Handwritten: By EER in regard to 4967 ? Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Please note position & return to BY Prices Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Typed: Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}4/EB26-10-26. SHOCK DAMPERS. I confirm mine Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}2/EB22-10-26, and now attach hereto copy of a letter from Messrs Prices Patent Candle Co.Ltd. dated the 25th instant, which is self explanatory. I am afraid there is insufficient evidence of the possibility of obtaining Motorine "E" anywhere in this country and abroad to warrant our limiting owners of R.R. chassis fitted with Hydraulic Shock Absorbers, to the use of Motorine "E", whereas, the evidence we have, regarding Wakefields' Castrol "F" Motor Oil, is much more favourable. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Stamps: RECEIVED Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} OCT 27 1926 RECEIVED EM By 26 OCT 26 | ||