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).
Test report for the 11-EX New Phantom with a Weymann body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1926 | |
| AS. COPY. CJ. Y8900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 13 Agg. Mileage.: 2138 Total Running Hours.: 75 35/60 Average Speed.: 36.8 (days) Date.: 2.1.26. MILEAGE. Start.: 969 Finish.: 1116 Days.: 147 PETROL. Start.: 3 Added.: 17 Finish.: 7 Used.: 13 Oil added.: 1 pint. Oil M.P.G.: About 12,000 Petrol M.P.G.: 12.3 Running Hours.: 3 35/60 journey. 40 mins. test. Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Testing at Derby; Derby, Leicester, Daventry, St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Albans, London. Roads good, some floods. Some rain. Petrol consumption improved. Engine, gearbox, etc. oil all drained and renewed. Steering stiffens up after running worse than formerly. Tappets rattle at medium and high speeds. No servo groan. Brakes require very heavy pressure and are not very effective (new linings) but are improving decidedly with running. Drivers Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} CWB. Garner. Exhaust improved. Still some noise. Bad popping from exhaust. Controls now quiet in steering column. (sgd.) CWB. | ||