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).
S.O.S. call from Sleator about a car's steering and carburation issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0045 | |
| Date | 18th August 1936 | |
| X1265 To Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}21/KW.18.8.36. Attached is a copy of a note we have just received from Hancock. We had an S.O.S. from Sleator over the 'phone, saying that this car was bad for steering and carburation. We asked Hancock to call in on his way through Paris and see what he could do to help Sr. Att: QWH/8/JAB.16.8.36. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||