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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).
Comparative table of performance and physical data for various car models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\1\  scan0101
Date  15th August 1938
  
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TABLE HEADERS:
CAR.
TOTAL WT. 2 PASS:
ROAD WHEEL HP. AT MAX. LAP SPEED.
MAX. LAP SPEED
WEIGHT ON FRONT WHEELS TONS.
FRONTAL AREA OF CAR SQ. FT.
Windage M.P.H.^2 or factor C. (handwritten)
AREA OR SPECIFIC WIND RESISTANCE. (The typed header 'C.' above this is crossed out)
H.P. TO LAP @ 80 M.P.H.

TABLE DATA:
P.III CLOSE-COUPLED. | 2.7 | 127.5 | 91 | 1.2 | 28.8 | .059 | .00205 | 86.5
WRAITH CLOSE COUPLED | 2.05 | 65 | 74 | .95 | 27.2 | .055 | .002 | 81
B.III | 1.84 | 90 | 87.2 | .9 | 24.06 | .047 | .00195 | 69.8
PACKARD | 1.72 | 72 | 81 | .8 | 26.4 | .047 | .00178 | 69.2
OLDSMOBILE ✓ | 1.70 | 57.5 | 77 | .8 | 25.6 | .043 | .00168 | 64.5
FORD V.8 | 1.51 | 58 | 81.6 | .75 | 23.80 | .036 | .00150 | 55
PAULIN | 1.70 | 90 * | 97 * | .8 | 24.5 | .033 | .00134 | 51

FOOTER:
15. 8. 38.
* Tentative figures.
  
  


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