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).
Confirmation of a telegram reporting a connecting rod failure and requesting new bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0319 | |
| Date | 6th January 1937 | |
| 2000 Confirmation of Telegram sent on 6.1.37. ROYCAR DERBY. ROBOTHAM NUMBER SIX ROD FAILED STOP DUE TO METAL GROWING STOP METAL SEIZED ON PIN TORN METAL OUT OF BEARING STOP NO COLLAPSE OF METAL STOP REMAINING RODS FREE SEND NEW BEARINGS HANCOCK. G.W. Hancock. Hotel De France. Chateauroux. Indre. | ||