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Incident involving a car going into a ditch, which broke the near-side front spring, and its subsequent repair.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\1\  scan0001
Date  13th April 1925
  
+4199
Le-Canadel.
13. April. 25.
Mr. Hives,
On Saturday 11-4-25 we had. C. de. Salamanca and his friend a Mr. Rocca. at Le-Canadel.
When coming up the drive to the house, after trying 5-9-H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Mr. Rocca got into the ditch with the near side front wheel. The force of the drop braking the top leaf of the N.S. front spring.
I have got a new leaf from Nice Depot, and fixed everything ok again. Mr. Royce leaves on the 19-4-25.
F. {Mr Friese} Dodd.
  
  
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).


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