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 minor accident in France caused by a sheared centre bolt on a front spring.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0040 | |
Date | 28th August 1924 | |
Office of Origin: 226 DCW DIEPPE 28 TH 15.25 41 Received at: DERBY 28 AUG 24 To: HIVER ROYCAR DERBY ENG = Handwritten Note: Royce W.W. To Sales car in France Message: ACCIDENT CAUSED BY STEERING TAKING CHARGE OWING TO CENTRE BOLT OF OFF SIDE FRONT SPRINT HAVING PREVIOUSLY SHEARED STOP VERY SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE STOP DRIVER DRIVING CAR TO DERBY AS SOON AS BOAT PASSAGE IS AVAILABLE = From: HIVES LIDSEY + | ||