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).
Experimental car incident caused by a steering lever failure.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\4\ scan0206 | |
Date | 9th November 1926 | |
+2430 To D/L. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hsl/LG9.11.26. +4195 Replying to D/L11/B8.11.26. Owing to a breakage in the steering lever, an experimental car did go into the ditch on the Fosse Road on Oct. 22nd. There may have been slight damage to the hedge. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||