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 reporting a connecting rod failure due to metal growing and seizing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0316 | |
| Date | 6th January 1937 | |
| ROYCAR DERBY - ROBOTHAM NUMBER SIX ROD FAILED STOP DUE TO METAL GROWING STOP METAL SEIZED ON PIN TORN METAL OUT OFF BEARING STOP NO COLLAPSE OF METAL STOP REMAINING RODS FREE SEND NEW BEARING - HANCOCK + | ||