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).
Field report on hotel stationery detailing vehicle performance metrics during a road test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 21th July 1953 | |
| HÔTEL DE L'ECU GENÈVE RUNNING 21/7/53 Run from HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} We came here today from Paris. The petrol pump has given no further trouble nothing has been done to it. We have mostly run on Esso The max oil temperature we have reached is 92°C. The water thermometer is still reading 40°C max the liar!! The petrol consumption is working out about 12 m.p.g I recommend we send some more needles to Chat: The transmission period on the 3rd gear is bad on this car HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||