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).
Car requiring a front axle replacement following a traffic incident in Chateauroux.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0234 | |
| Date | 27th April 1936 | |
| 8500a Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/MJ.27.4.36. 22-G-V.{VIENNA} This car got bumped in traffic in a Chateauroux street almost immediately after it arrived there and in consequence the front axle had to be replaced. This will hold it up for two or three days. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||