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).
The unofficial lap speeds of Phantom cars at Brooklands track.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\3\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 5th November 1929 | |
| W/S. X 7770. Whr.{Mr Wheeler} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/AD5.11.29. Replying to Whr{Mr Wheeler}5/D4.11.29. We have no certificate of the Phantom speeds on Brooklands track. The records which we took when we were there was with the open Trials Car lapped at 83 miles per hour with a maximum speed of 88 miles per hour. The closed limousine car lapped at 80 miles per hour. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||