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.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 8th January 1926 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} COPY. ej. X8900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 18 Agg. Mileage.: 3012 Total Running Hours.: 104 45/60 Average Speed. (Days): 30.8 Date.: 8.1.26. MILEAGE. Start.: 1877 Finish.: 1990 Days.: 113 PETROL. Start.: 6 Added.: 6 Finish.: 0 Used.: 12 Oil added.: 1 1/2 Pints at 664 miles Oil M.P.G.: 3540 Petrol M.P.G.: 9.4 Running hours.: 3 40/60 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Claughton, Chester, Northwich, Macclesfield, Buxton, Derby. Roads good. Some rain. Steering stiff. Exhaust noisy and popping continuous on over-run. Brakes efficient, some tendency to thud developing. Clutch does not stop when hot; slight jaggering and chunking in drive. One noisy tappet in engine, No. 11. Drivers CWB. | ||