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).
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, 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. 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} | ||