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).
Minor collision involving a 15,000 miles B.B.V Bentley test car before a strip examination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 17th May 1939 | |
| H506. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 8.B.V Bentley. 15,000 miles test car. Will you please take into account when making your strip examination and report, that the car was involved in a minor collision with the nearside front wheel. The wheel was buckled and the nearside cross steering tube was scrapped. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/TMW. | ||