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 from Hancock to Hives reporting a bad piston knock at 5000 miles and that the vehicle is being dismantled.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0255 | |
| Date | 20th October 1938 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Office Stamp: DERBY 20 OCT 38 TIME OF RECEIPT: 10-15 M Prefix: 69 Telegram Info: 69 CL IHW 0845 12 CHATEAUROUX 15 To: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY WE HAVE A BAD PISTON KNOCK STOP DISMANTLING TODAY 5000 MILES = HANCOCK + | ||