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).
Reporting a car accident and requesting replacement parts.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\3\ 03-page239 | |
Date | 26th May 1933 | |
X5840 Hotel de France. Chateauroux. Indre. 26.5.33. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From G.W.H. 18. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} IV. We herewith enclose report of an accident H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R.{Sir Henry Royce} Clark has had with the car. We shall require a new front axle and cross steering tube, one front road spring N.S. The axle is bent in the centre approx. 30°. All the spring leaves have got a double bend. There does not appear to be any other vital parts damaged. [Signature] G.W.H. | ||