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 The Rover Company Ltd. inquiring about a substitute for an aero engine cleaning product called Westropol.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0036 | |
| Date | 15th December 1939 | |
| TELEPHONE 88081 (7 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "ROVER," COVENTRY." THE ROVER COMPANY LTD. COVENTRY, ENG. SBW:ME. December 15th 1939 1204 W.A. Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Handwritten note: C.T.S. Can you unearth any information for me Dear Robotham, We put in a plant for using some stuff called Westropol, for cleaning aero engine parts, made by I.C.I. They are now unable to deliver an adequate quantity, and I am told that you had exactly the same thing on your aero side and struck exactly the same difficulty, but that you have now found a substitute for Westropol. I would be very grateful if you could tell me what it is, and whether I can get it - and any other information you can about it, as we are now supposed to be servicing Cheetah engines and have nothing to wash them with. Yours sincerely, S.B.Wilks. | ||