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\ scan0070 | |
Date | 10th January 1926 | |
HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} CJ. COPY. 48900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. [Table 1] Consec Day.: 20 Agg. Mileage.: 3258 Total Running Hours.: 112 1/4 Average Speed.: (Days) 32.3 Date.: 10.1.26. [Table 2] £ MILEAGE. Start.: 2131 Finish.: 2236 Days.: 105 PETROL. Start.: 6 Added.: 14 Finish.: 9 Used.: 11 [Table 3] Oil added.: ✓ Oil M.P.G.: 3540 Petrol M.P.G.: 9.5 Running Hours.: 3 1/4 Route, condition, etc, involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. London, Crowborough, London. Roads good. Weather fine. Some chunking in drive. Some hissing from carburetter at low speeds. Some tappet noise. Drivers GWB. | ||