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Report detailing a journey through France in chassis number 2200, including mileage, fuel consumption, and tyre issues.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 4\2\  02-page14
Date  6th May 1913
  
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Report on Chassis No 2200. Touring France.
May 6th Derby to London 149 miles. 8 1/4 galls Petrol.
- 7th London - Newhaven 43 -
Shipped to Dieppe
Filled tank 65 litres & 5 litres spare.
May 8th Dieppe to Boulogne } 150 miles 105 litres Petrol
Boulogne to Rouen } 5 - Oil
Met Mr & Mrs Goulding at Boulogne.
May 9th Rouen to Chartres 136 mls 25 litres Petrol
4 - Oil
Tread came off Michelin Tyre.
May 10th Chartres to Tours. 151 mls 65 litres Petrol
4 - Oil.
May 11th Tours to Bourges 145 mls 70 - Petrol
4 - Oil
Burst 1 Tyre.
- 12th Bourges to Roanne } 195 mls 60 - Petrol
Via Nevers } 6 - Oil
Met Sir W & Lady Porter at Nevers.
Bought 1 Tyre. Satellite -
Burst 1 Tyre & had a puncture.
  
  
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).


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