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 from Châteauroux reporting connecting rod failures and requesting new parts for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\4\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 9th May 1925 | |
| To: Hives Roycar Derby Angleterra From: Chateauroux Number six conrod big end gone number one metal loose unsafe stop number four metal cracked in cap stop. To continue test require two new rods for high speeds wire instructions Hancock | ||