Performance and mileage report on vehicle components including steering, pump, cooling, axle, and suspension.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\1\ 600b 27 G V1 Mx Car-page91 | |
| Date | 20th April 1939 guessed | |
| -4- Steering. Good, no low speed wobble, no devlopment of slack. Steering controls and horn button rattle on bad road surfaces. Petrol pump. Cheaper and improved type to Sc.318. No trouble, either side of pump will cope with maximum demand. Mileage... 13,075 Water cooling system. An average rise of 10°C. in the water temperature was found to be due to a fault in the calorstat controlling the radiator shutters. This calorstat had run at least 32,000 miles satisfactorily. It has been returned to the makers for investigation. Rear axle. Continues quiet and generally satisfactory. Total mileage of this unit with carbon steel tubes 47,677 " " 8 x 34 gears 33,796 Suspension. Lower rated front springs and roll rod. Mileage... 14,907 There is a difference of opinion with regard to the ride on this car. The general position is as follows, when the car was passed to me for running, the ride was not good and compared unfavourably with other Wraiths then in existence. Eventually after changing the springs and alterations to the damping, it was considered comparable with other Wraiths and in particular with 26.G.V1. the 15,000 miles car which was considered the best all round compromise. At the time of the announcement it was used extensively for demonstration purposes and the ride was favourably commented upon. | ||
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).