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 Vacuum Oil Company regarding a test sample of MOBILOIL 'GX' for use in back axles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0281 | |
| Date | 22th December 1938 | |
| 1229. BY APPOINTMENT TO THE LATE KING GEORGE V.{VIENNA} VACUUM OIL COMPANY LIMITED TELEPHONE WHITEHALL 1010 (14 LINES) GARGOYLE REGD TRADE MARK TELEGRAMS VACUUM . PHONE . LONDON CAXTON HOUSE . WESTMINSTER LONDON S . W . 1 REFERENCE OTJ 22nd December, 1938. GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Messrs Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY, England. Dear Sirs, Attention of Mr. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham. Further to the conversation Mr. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Russell-Sharp had with Mr. Grylls recently, and the discussion at the recent Motor Show, we are sending you separately a five-gallon drum of MOBILOIL "GX" for test purposes. This is the oil which it is proposed to displace MOBILOIL "HGL" as being superior to the latter grade as regards load carrying capacity and also it is stated to be free from corrosion effects formerly associated with sulphurized lubricants. We should be glad to receive your test report on this oil at your convenience and to learn whether it meets with your approval for the back axles of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars. Yours faithfully, VACUUM OIL COMPANY, LIMITED. [Signature] Chief Engineer. OTJ/ND UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE ALL OILS ARE QUOTED AND INVOICED PER UNIT GALLON OF 9 LBS. AND ALL QUOTATIONS ARE WITHOUT ENGAGEMENT. | ||