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).
Confirming the use of mineral oils for the storage of cars and declining to test alternatives.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0303 | |
| Date | 20th January 1940 | |
| To Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/Sd. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/JH/20.1.40. With reference to your memo ref.Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/Sd/8/MW.17.1.40 re Storage of Cars. At the present we are not in a position to carry out tests with oils for this purpose. Our experience in thepast has been to use mineral oils, therefore we do not at the present propose to alter our opinion that mineral oils should be used for this purpose. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||