Request to source Shell lubricating oil in Chateauroux, France, for the 23-EX car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page035 | |
| Date | 19th March 1930 | |
| X7941 G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} W. Hancock, Hotel de France, Chateauroux(French test region), Indre, FRANCE. To GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/MJ.19.3.30. x500 Will you please let us know whether you can obtain "Shell" lubricating oil in or near Chateauroux(French test region). The proposal is that when we send 23-EX car out to France it shall be run on this oil. HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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