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).
Speed test results for a streamlined car at Brooklands and on the Towcester Road.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\1\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 4th November 1933 | |
| FOR FILING 7/88 4.11.33. Brooklands Tests 4.11.33 - B-23-AE. On the Towcester Road with the Streamlined car a true speed of 103 M.P.H. was attained. On the track the following speeds were obtained :- Cut-out Open. Lap. 105.2 secs. 94.33 M.P.H. 1/2 mile 18.2 secs. 99.45 M.P.H. Mile 36.8 secs. 97.83 M.P.H. Cut-out Closed. Lap 107.8 secs. 92.40 M.P.H. 1/2 mile 19.4 secs. 92.75 M.P.H. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}: | ||