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, detailing mileage, fuel consumption, and route notes.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0117 | |
Date | 8th March 1926 | |
HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} OJT COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-EX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Conscd. Day. | Agg. Mileage. | Total Running Hours. | Average Speed. | Date. 57 | 9889 | 355 5/60 | 22.2 | 25.2.26. MILEAGE. Start. | Finish. | Days. 1260 | 1393 | 133 PETROL. Start. | Added. | Finish. | Used. 3 | 15 | 7 | 11 Oil added. | Oil M.P.G. | Petrol M.P.G. | Running Hrs. 1/4 gall. | 2108 | 12 | 6 Route, condition etc. Involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running etc. Nothing to report on chassis. Road surface good. Mountainous route. Avignon. Boot starts back early to-morrow. He will attend to car mostly in Paris instead of here. We change over to the Riviera open car early to-morrow, which is now here. 11-EX should arrive at Boulogne (Hotel Crystol & Bristol) on Tuesday afternoon, 2nd prox. to start away with Mrs. BJ. etc. early on 3rd. P.N. Drivers H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Boot. | ||