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).
Proposing the use of alternative lubricating oils to avoid dependency on a single supplier.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\4\ Scan160 | |
| Date | 5th May 1924 | |
| X1588 To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG5.5.24. RE. ALTERNATIVE LUBRICATING OILS. X967 X1588 Our proposal is that we should recommend one or two brands of oil besides Prices. Our tests have gone sufficiently far to prove that we can obtain equal results with other brands of oil. We suggest that it will be better for us not to be tied to one Firm for supplying oil. It might happen, as in the case of Prices, that a Firm will either change hands or their product deteriorate. Prices oils cannot be obtained at all times - this would be another advantage of recommending alternative brands. Our final recommendations as regards other brands of oil will be sent through when we have completed the 10,000 miles on the EAC.111. cars in France. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||