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Telegram reporting that car 6.B.I.V. has skidded into a ditch, damaging the chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\4\  scan0076
Date  29th April 1937
  
H.R. 144A-21240 30/7/36 WHK. ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. 1002. TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE. Time Received: 3.15. By: NA. {Mr Nadin} Date: 29.4.37. To: Roycar. Derby. from: Chateauroux(French test region) / 1345.29th 32. [Stamp: RECEIVED APR 29 1937]. Robotham-Scholes has skidded 6.B.I.V. into ditch chassis damaged too much for further mileage Waiter investigating whether car can return under its own power I am leaving for Paris. FROM: Hancock. THIS SHEET MUST BE FILED.
  
  
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).


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