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\ scan0085 | |
| Date | 23th January 1926 | |
| COPY. L8890 OJT. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. day. | Agg. Mileage. | Total Running Hours. | Average Speed. | Date. 133 | 5816 | 201 10/60 | 33.4 | 23.1.26. (Days) MILEAGE. Start. | Finish. | Days. 4588 | 4794 | 206 PETROL. Start. | Added. | Finish. | Used. 10 | 19 1/2 | 5 | 24 1/2 Oil added. | Oil M.P.G. | Petrol M.P.G. | Running Hours. [blank] | 4800 | 8.4 | 6 10/60 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Avignon, Montelimar, Lyon, la{L. A. Archer} Tandu Pin, Lyon. Roads generally good, some very bad stretches. Strong head wind. Some snow. Car riding much better and stability better with less bumping after adjustment of shock absorbers; 1/4 turn taken up all round and later an additional 1/6 turn on O.S.F. Steering sticky on extreme locks. Controls rattling badly. Cut-out now O.K. but stiff. Am oiling all joints tonight. Severe pinking. 1 1/2 pints of water added to radiator to bring up to level. This is first added for 5,000 miles and has, I consider, been shaken out. Drivers CWB. with Bgs. and Garner. | ||