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).
Photograph showing a fractured near-side rear axle shaft from a Bentley chassis after a road test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 7th October 1938 guessed | |
| BENTLEY CHASSIS 56.BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Near Side Rear Axle Shaft fractured after approx.41,000 miles' Road Test. | ||