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).
Confirmation of a telegram reporting on piston and connecting rod failures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\4\ scan0186 | |
| Date | 1st August 1935 | |
| X3004 CHATEAUROUX. 1st August.1935 Confirmation of Telegram Despatched at 11.5 A.M. ROYCAR DERBY. HIVES NUMBER TWO CONROD SEIZED NUMBER ONE B PISTON SKIRT BROKEN OFF ACROSS PARELLEL SLOT NUMBER SIX A PISTON CRACKED EITHER SIDE PARELLEL SLOT LESLIE RETURNING WITH RODS AND PISTON HANCOCK G.W.Hancock Hotel de France, Chateauroux. Indre. France. | ||