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).
Newspaper report about an accident to chassis 956, and a committee decision on the risk of wooden wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\4\ 04-page07 | |
| Date | 16th October 1911 | |
| Re chassis 956 - Kekewich Mr. Johnson submitted a newspaper report re the accident to this car. X424 Mr. Johnson 16-10-11 N17/B161011. In reply to the above, the Committee discussed this matter and came to the conclusion that it is advisable to take the risk of our present wooden wheels breaking rather than take other risks which | ||