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Summary table detailing tests conducted on EAC.11 cars in France during 1924.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 73\3\  scan0255
Date  11th December 1924
  
SHEET 1.
DETAILS OF TESTS ON EAC.11. CARS IN FRANCE.

Test No. | Car. | Date of test. | Where tested. | Mileage of test. | Particulars of parts on test.

1. | 46-PK. | 2.2.24 to 11.3.24 | Southern France. | 3183 | Original high speed servo system. EAC.
11. | 98-NK. | 15.3.24 to 28.4.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 9449 | Cone clutch servo with reverse action.
111. | 9-PK | 15.3.24 to 8.6.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 12868 | Original WW. plate servo system.
1V. | 98-NK. | 5.6.24 to 7.7.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 10352 | Adopted scheme semi-servo system.
V. {VIENNA} | 35.PK. | 8.6.24 to 4.8.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 18734 | Adopted scheme semi-servo system.
V1. | 35-PK. | 5.8.24 to 13.8.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 3024 | As test No.V. but with new type front springs.
V11. | 9-PK. | 3.8.24 to 8.9.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 11077 | Final test on 'Adopted' scheme.
V111. | 9-PK. 98-NK. | 7.10.24 to 30.10.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 10013 | Woodheads 20% stiffer front springs.
1X. | 98-NK. | 25.10.24 to 28.10.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 2129 | Firths 12 1/2% stiffer front springs.
X. | 98-NK | 31.10.24 to 19.11.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 10001 | Woodheads 12 1/2% stiffer front springs.
X1. | 98-NK | 21.11.24 to 23.11.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 1007 | Dunlop Balloon tyres.
X11. | 98-NK | 25.11.24 | France. | 597 | Returning to Port.
X111. | 9-PK | 19.11.24 to 11.12.24 | Chateauroux(French test region). | 10458 | Firths re-designed 12 1/2% stiffer front springs.

TOTAL MILEAGE ON F+W.B. CARS IN FRANCE FEB. TO DEC.1924.
103,159 MILES.
  
  
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).


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