Road test log detailing a journey from Besancon to Paris, with timings, distances, fuel consumption, and speed analysis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan156 | |
| Date | 9th December 1931 guessed | |
| -2- (Handwritten on left margin) 68 L of narrow winding cross country road in the rain. ........ December the 6th: Left BESANCON 14h.02 II.440 -0 } 24 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Petrol 47 l. 14h.32 24 } COMBEAUFONtne 15h.02 47 } 23 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 15h.32 66 } 19 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} rently correct 16h.02 85 } 19 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Stop at DAMBLAIN 50' . . . . . . . . . . . Petrol 65 l. JOIGNY 19h.43 } e m 222 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Petrol 85 l. (Vertical text next to bracket: m i l e s) 222 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} in 4h.53' - average speed 45m.6 - 73 Kms 8 JOIGNY 21h.33 } 222 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} } 52 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Obélisque of FONTAINEBLEAU 22h.33 } 274 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} } PARIS 23h.31 } II.757 - 316 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Petrol left.....30 l. (Porte St-Cloud) 94 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} in 1h.58 - average 48 m. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Petrol consumption : 147 lit. in 316 miles(512 km.) 28 lit.6per % kms. Oil consumption : approximately I lit.for 970 Kms. The whole of the Sunday afternoon's run took place in heavy rain, and also during the night from 18 h.30 on wards. --------- Maximum speed by speedometer 90 miles 145 Kms. Maximum speed obtained at the highest burst: 95 miles - 155 Kms. At 81 miles the speedometer registered I km. every 30 secondes. The speedometer needle reads 10% fast - The totalisator is apparently correct. --------- | ||
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).