Accident involving a 4-wheel brake test car in France.
| Identifier | Morton\M3.4\ img009 | |
| Date | 8th August 1924 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ORIGINAL Hsl/LG25. 8. 8. 24. X9941 X9940 RE. ACCIDENT WITH 4-WHEEL BRAKE TEST CAR IN FRANCE. We attach a report from our Mr. Lidsey who is in charge of the cars at ChateaurouxFrench test region, France. This report has been got out in conjunction with the driver who was driving 35-PK car when the accident occurred and is agreed to by him. It will be seen therefore that this cannot be attributed to the 4-wheel brakes. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).