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Petrol consumption test, noting failures of the rear shock damper brackets and petrol pump.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\8\  B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page251
Date  11th March 1933
  
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11.3.33.

Petrol consumption test over 414 miles = 15.94 m.p.g.
42 m.p.h. Max. Oil Temp. 100°C. Air Temp. 15°C.
Both rear shock damper brackets to frame broke off.
Petrol pump fails occasionally.
  
  
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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