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Road test report for a petrol tank fitted to a 20 HP car, detailing routes, road conditions, and temperatures.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 44\3\  Scan126
Date  19th November 1928
  
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Petrol tank to scheme No. 2576/2578. K.S.175.
fitted on luggage carrier of 20 h.p. car G.O.K.72.
Suspension very good. Over-size tyres 33 x 5.77.
Pressure 35 lbs. per sq.in.

Car driven on its own petrol system.
Level in test tank constant during each run.

Notes.

Roads:-

Great West Road and Bath Road, Acton,
Chiswick, Maidenhead, Henley, Oxford,
with detours on to country bye roads
interspersed in all tests.

Dry roads on 17/11/28 and 18/11/28.
Wet roads on 19/11/28.

London temperatures:-

17/11/28 - 52°/46° F. {Mr Friese}
18/11/28 - 54°/41° F. {Mr Friese}
  
  
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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