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Record of a car's oil consumption over a month, including mileage and top-up details.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0158
Date  1st February 1937
  
CX {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
1220
[STAMP: 2 FEB 1937 RECEIVED]
RC {R. Childs} 6/L/1.2.37.

B 3 GA - Oil Consumption.

The sump of the above car was full at the speedo reading
of 28134.

28566 . 1 qrt.
28626 1 qrt.
28942 1 qrt.
29363 1 qrt. - oil changed and one quart added.
29660 2 qrts.

Miles for month - 1526 to 1 1/2 galls of oil - 1016 m.p.g.
Consumption for previous month - 980 m.p.g.

RC. {R. Childs} ✓

[STAMP: RECEIVED]
  
  
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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