Letter from Chateauroux, France to Derby regarding the receipt and use of Castrol engine oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\4\ Scan164 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1924 | |
| X1588 Chateauroux(French test region), Indre. France. June 2nd, 1924. "Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ". DERBY. Re "Castrol" Engine Oil. On the 20th ult., we received a consignment of the above oil from Paris, addressed to us through the proprietor of the Hotel de France, and shall be much obliged if you will inform us if we are in order in using same. we are under the impression that this oil may be for use on one of the cars shortly to arrive in Chateauroux(French test region). Until we hear from you, we are continuing to purchase "mobiloil" BB. J.A. Brongdon | ||
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).