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 Phanton with a Weymann body.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0050 | |
Date | 23th December 1925 | |
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} COPY. os. 8900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTON. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 4 Agg. Mileage.: 659 Total Running Hours.: 23 35/60 Average Speed.: 27.0 Date.: 23.12.25 MILEAGE. Start.: 0 Finish.: 202 Days.: 202 PETROL. Start.: 7 1/2 Added.: 2 Finish.: 1 Used.: 18 1/2 Oil added.: - Oil M.P.G.: Petrol M.P.G.: 10.8 Running Hours.: 4 1/2 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. London, Potters Bar, London, Westgate, London. Some ice. New speedometer fitted. Very erratic 20 to 30 mph. Wheel pivots oiled. Drivers: Garner. | ||