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).
Advising of a delay to a car due to a piston failure on the Bensport car in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 20th March 1933 | |
| Y 455-3a To PN.{Mr Northey} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/MJ.20.3.33. We have received a wire from France that a piston has broken on the Bensport car. We are sending off replacement pistons but it is doubtful when they will arrive at Chateauroux. I am sending this note in order to warn you because I do not think the car will be ready for you to try as we had anticipated at the end of this week because, apart from the piston failure in France, we have had a certain amount of delay on 18-G4. and we shall not be able to get that car away until some time next week. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||