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).
Instruction to use Wakefield Hi-Press oil for a rear axle, specifically noting not to use Whitmore oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 25th October 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} x4553R (S) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KW. 25.10.34. 5-B-IV. We wish to run the rear axle of this car in France on the new Wakefield Hi-Press oil. Will you therefore please see that the axle is assembled with this oil and that no Whitmore is used. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||