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).
Enquiry into the availability of Mobiloil 'EP' Rear Axle Oil in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 5th May 1936 | |
| X1229 HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX? Indre. France. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/3/JAB. 5th May 1936 GRY{Shadwell Grylls} To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From. G.W.H. In the course of an interview we had recently with the Representative of the Mobiloil people at Châteauroux, we enquired whether Mobiloil "EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}" Rear Axle Oil, was obtainable everywhere in France, and he gave us to understand that it was stocked by certain appointed Agents of the Vacuum Oil Company, only in the principal towns of France. It cannot be obtained from the ordinary Petrol Suppliers or garages. ------------------- G.W.H. | ||