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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).
Bar chart comparison of riding comfort tests at 40 MPH, analysing the effect of spare wheels on a Lancia and comparing riding characteristics with a Phantom.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 67a\1\  scan0247
Date  6th October 1926 guessed
  
HIGH SPEED RIDING COMFORT TESTS 40. M.P.H.

EFFECT OF SPARE WHEELS ON THE LANCIA CAR
TYRE PRESS 40 & 45 LBS./D"
REAR SEATS
SPARE WHEELS ON - 55 C.C.
SPARE WHEELS OFF - 89 C.C.
FRONT SEATS.
SPARE WHEELS ON - 18 C.C.
SPARE WHEELS OFF - 32 C.C.

COMPARISON HIGH SPEED RIDING CHARACTERISTICS
LANCIA AND PHANTOM
TYRE PRESS 40 & 45 LBS./D"
REAR
LANCIA REAR DAMPERS 40 LBS - 55 C.C.
40/50 OPEN TOURING HYDRAULICS FRONT HARTFORD S40 REAR - 111 C.C.
FRONT
LANCIA - 19 C.C.
40/50 OPEN TOURING HYDRAULICS FRONT 35.75 FRICTION REAR 40 LBS - 23 C.C.
  
  


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