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 to C.C. Wakefield & Co. Ltd. inquiring about standardizing Hi-Press Oil for the Bentley hypoid rear axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 30th August 1935 | |
| X123/ Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/KW. 30th August,1935. Messrs. C.C. Wakefield & Co.Ltd., Wakefield House, 30 & 32, Cheapside, LONDON, E.C.2. Dear Sirs, As we are contemplating standardising your Hi-Press Oil for the Bentley hypoid rear axle, we shall be glad if you will enlighten us on two points. Firstly, whether you would expect any trouble to be experienced if the axle is drained of Whitmore's Compound and then filled with Hi-Press, due to the small amount of the former still being present, and secondly, whether you have made any arrangements for this oil to be obtainable on the Continent by our customers. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||