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 an 11-EX New Phantom with a Weymann body.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0130 | |
Date | 12th March 1926 | |
COPY. X8900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day. 68 Agg. Mileage. 12,210 Total Running Hours. 441 55/60 Average Speed. 32.7 Date. 12.3.26. MILEAGE. Start. 3354 Finish. 3714 Days. 360 PETROL. Start. 0 Added. 27 Finish. 6 Used. 21 Oil added. 1/2 gall. Oil M.P.G. 1440 Petrol M.P.G. 17.1 Running Hours 11 Route, condition etc. Involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc. Paris. Boulogne. Calais. Paris. Road surface good. Engine running well. Near side door catch bolt rattled loose. Made o.K. No other report. Passenger, Sir James Percy. Petrol consumption appears doubtful. CWB. Henry Boot. Drivers | ||