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).
Promotional document for a chemical engine treatment called KATALITE.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\3\ scan0356 | |
| Date | 6th February 1923 guessed | |
| been done to make motor cars run better (with the exception of electrical devices), has been a purely mechanical refinement. You can apply KATALITE to the most expensive car built or to the cheapest car built and immediate improvement will show up with your first revolution, because the explosion will take place in a great deal less time. The explosions do not affect the coating of KATALITE. It will not chip or flake off. Remember that it is a true catalytic agent and "remains unaltered in nature or amount" at the end of each reaction (explosion). One application of KATALITE should last at least 15,000 miles, in which time it will have paid for itself in gasoline saving alone many times the amount, to say nothing of the added efficiency. The effect of KATALITE is instantaneous. You can feel it with the first motor revolution. But get this straight—we are chemists, not magicians. KATALITE cannot cure mechanical defects. Its effect is strictly chemical. A bad oil leak, for instance, will nullify the beneficial effect of KATALITE because it covers the Katalized surface with an oil film. Leaky valves and the piston rings waste the extra power developed through KATALITE. We prefer not to treat cars with serious mechanical defects. However, we will gladly take any car in average running condition and guarantee improved economy and performance. [Handwritten Annotation 1]: Katalite is not “Dope” added to the fuel. [Handwritten Annotation 2]: Durability proved by long tests in actual service. [Handwritten Annotation 3]: Money back Guarantee. [Handwritten Annotation 4]: Performance improved on any make of car or truck. [Boxed Text Start] The KATALITE CORPORATION guarantees the purchaser satisfactory increase in flexibility, power, and economy. Should the purchaser, within thirty days of application, be dissatisfied on any of these scores, the Corporation agrees to remove the KATALITE coating upon the return of the cylinder head to it for that purpose, and to refund the amount paid by the purchaser. KATALITE CORPORATION, 233 BROADWAY, N. Y. [Boxed Text End] At our Brooklyn laboratory we carry in stock a supply of standard detachable heads already Katalized. To date we have treated about seventy-five different makes of cars and trucks with KATALITE. In every case the results have been most gratifying to the owner. We have never been called upon to refund the money in accordance with our guarantee. Rolls Royce, Packard, Pierce Arrow, Isotta Fraschini, Essex, Buick, Dodge and Ford show the range of sizes. Conspicuous economy has been demonstrated to truck fleet owners where even a modest saving in fuel is decidedly important. PRICES FOR APPLICATION OF KATALITE Ford, $16.00; Dodge, $20.00. Any other four-cylinder car or truck, $20.00. Six cylinder cars, $25.00; Eight cylinder cars, $32.00; Twelve cylinder cars, $40.00. 7 | ||