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 Chateauroux reporting a broken bigend on a Bentley car and awaiting instructions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0220 | |
| Date | 18th May 1935 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. No.: C 188. Office Stamp: 18 MAY 35. TIME OF RECEIPT: PM 1 57. Prefix: 22. Office of Origin and Service Instructions: 222 CL 1230 18 CHATEAUROUX 20. To: H / 4 x M / Derby 1320. Message: ROYCAR DERBY = HIVES BENTLEY NUMBER TWO BIGEND BROKEN PISTON INTACT CAN REPLACE BY CONROD OF-PREVIOUS SET AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS = HAMILTON + CONROD + | ||