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 complete failure of a petrol system and engine at high speed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0164 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1932 | |
| HIVES ROYCAR DERBY = COMPLETE FAILURE OF PETROL SYSTEM WITH NEW PUMP AND STANDARD PIPES STOP ENGINE FAILS AT HIGH SPEED STOP AFTER STOPPING REFUSES TO START TEMPERATURES OIL 114 WATER 96 AIR 26 = HANCOCK | ||