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\ scan0110 | |
| Date | 20th February 1926 | |
| OJ. ks. COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-EX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Conscd. Day.: 52 Agg. Mileage.: 9143 Total Running Hours.: 326 50/60 (handwritten underneath: 15/60) Average Speed.: 29 1/4 Date.: Feb. 20th. MILEAGE. Start.: 529 Finish.: 647 Days.: 118 PETROL. Start.: 18 Added.: -- Finish.: 6 Used.: 12 Oil added.: -- Oil M.P.G.: -- Petrol M.P.G.: 10 approx. Running Hrs.: 4 10/60. Route, condition etc. Involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc. Boulogne to Rouen. (Two stops to fasten bonnet clips). Steering wobble at approx. 57 to 60 MPH. Road surface rather pot holes. Brakes rather poor. Front tyre pressures pur from 45 lbs. to 50 lbs. Front shock absorbers adjusted tight. Cross steering tube adjusted. OSF spring shackle squeaking (oiled). (Sgd) P.N. Drivers Henry Boot. | ||