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 the 11-EX New Phantom with a Weymann body, detailing a run through Italy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 27th March 1926 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Cwt. COPY. 48900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 79 Agg. Mileage: 14,138 Total Running Hours: 526 20/60 Average Speed: 17.4 Date: 27.3.26 MILEAGE. Start: 5492 Finish: 5644 Days: 152 PETROL. Start: 12 Added: 8 Finish: 7 Used: 13 Oil added: Oil M.P.G.: Petrol M.P.G.: 11.7 Running Hours: 8 45/60 Route, condition, etc. Involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc. Florence, Siena, Arrezza. Roads very bad, mud and slush. Raining most part of day. Fair part of route. Some hill climbing. Engine running well. No other report. Work done on car. (Sgd.) P.N. Chassis thoroughly oiled. Batteries topped. Fan belt adjusted. Electric wiper changed over, to driver's side of screen. Drivers Henry Boot. | ||