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\ scan0148 | |
Date | 3rd April 1926 | |
COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-EX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 85 Agg. Mileage.: 15,043 Total Running Hours.: 574 40/60 Average Speed.: 20.2 Date.: 3.4.26. MILEAGE. Start: 6387 Finish: 6549 Days: 162 PETROL. Start: 11 Added: 18 Finish: 12 Used: 17 Oil added.: Oil M.P.G.: Petrol M.P.G.: 9.5 Running Hrs.: 8 Route, condition, etc. Involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc. Verona to Lake Como Road surface fairly good. Engine running well. No other report. Work done on car. Chassis oiled and greased all round. Tyres checked to 50 lbs. Inner tube fitted to O.S.R. tyre. One punctured. (Sgd.) P.N. Drivers: Henry Boot. | ||