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).
Telegram reporting serious continuous piston rattles in chassis X.3443-2EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\3\ scan0134 | |
| Date | 5th March 1920 | |
| X.3757 Copy of Telegram received from BJ. 5th.March.1920. X.3443-2EX Chassis. X.3757 DESPATCHED FROM AVIGNON. WE DROVE FROM PARIS SERIOUS CONTINUOUS PISTON RATTLES WHEN AT HIGH SPEED AND WATER OVER EIGHTY DEGREES MADDOCKS REPORTS RATTLES HAVE INCREASED DURING LAST SEVEN DAYS PLEASE ASK CRAWFORD ABOUT RATTLES ON NORTHEYS CAR AND I SUGGEST YOU ASK NORTHEY TO SPECIALLY REPORT ON ANY RATTLES WHILST DRIVING ON CONTINENT BASIL JOHNSON. | ||