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).
Car that would not start, with petrol pouring from the overflow pipe, and a note of a similar complaint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\1\ scan0285 | |
| Date | 17th May 1935 | |
| Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} -3- C3/C17.5.35 and would not start again. The Policeman and two chauffeurs helped to push the car to the side, where it was found that petrol was pouring out of the overflow pipe. The Policeman's remark was "It is not often we have trouble with cars of this type." We have also this morning had a further complaint of this same trouble from Sir John Cadman (GRF-19). C. | ||