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).
