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).
Broken down Isotta Fraschini car with stripped bevel gears and discussing repair options.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\2\ Scan021 | |
| Date | 5th November 1923 | |
| W/S. C. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4609 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG5.11.23. ISOTTA FRASCHINI CAR. We regret to say that when on a run, the bevel gears in the back axle stripped their teeth on this car. We should like you to enquire whether spares are available in this country. The car has broken down away from the Works and at the moment we cannot give you definite particulars as to how many parts will have to be removed. We will let you have this information tomorrow. You might consider, that if the car is going to be sold back to the Isotta people, that we could arrange for them to take the car as it is and make allowances for the repairs. One would have thought, of course, that there would have been some sort of guarantee for a car of this standing. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||