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 drive notes on a car's performance, detailing fuel consumption, steering and handling characteristics.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 13th March 1933 | |
| ELITE HOTEL STORCHEN BASEL Bes.: Aktiengesellschaft Hotel zum Storchen Fliessendes warmes und kaltes Wasser Haus- und Ferntelephon in allen Zimmern Gepäck{Mr Clark}-Auto am Bahnhof Telegramm-Adresse: Storchen Basel Telephon: 28.988 und 28.987 Stadtbekanntes Restaurant ◦ Gr{George Ratcliffe}össtes Concert-Café Basels im Palmen-Wintergarten Spielsäle ◦ 21 Billards etc. BASEL, den Sunday (crossed out) Monday 13th / 33 X4553a Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} The Car is running very well. Petrol Consumption 14. M.P.G. Best average about 63 miles in the hour but there is a lot of traffic on Sunday. The worst feature of the car is undoubtedly the steering; it self centres violently when rounding a corner at high speed, and yet has little directional stability on the straight. The old trouble of getting the car back into the centre of the road up the steep camber is much in evidence. It is not free from road shocks. The speedometer is almost exactly right. We seem to have gained nothing in maximum speed from the higher axle ratio, it being a considerable struggle to get | ||