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).
With graphs comparing the acceleration performance of Phantom and Vauxhall vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\1\ Scan214 | |
| Date | 27th November 1925 | |
| A.E.R. 458B (R) (D of D) 27. 11. 25 EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. -4- Expt. No. REF: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/LG14. 12. 25 GRAPH 1. Accn Ft/Sec. 2. ROAD SPEED M.P.H. LEGEND: SUMMERS' PHANTOM (117MC) ------ STANDARD PHANTOM (28NK) ______ Individual readings only given for 117-MC. thus x these shew the rather erratic nature of the test. We have taken the mean of all the figures for the Phantom acceleration. Those opposite the Vauxhall figures in the report are poor, those given from 10 m.p.h. are unusually good. GRAPH 11. Accn Ft/Sec. 2. ROAD SPEED, M.P.H. LEGEND: VAUXHALL ------ 117 M.C. ______ Individual readings only given for Vauxhall. Thus o | ||