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 NSW Phantom with a Weymann body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0083 | |
| Date | 21th January 1926 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} UJ. 78400 COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NSW PHANTOM. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day. | Agg. Mileage. | Total Running Hours. | Average Speed. | Date. 31 | 5411 | 187 45/60 | 27 | 21.1.26. MILEAGE. Start. | Finish. | Days. 4162 | 4389 | 227 PETROL. Start. | Added. | Finish. | Used. 0 | 30 | 8 | 22 Oil added. | Oil M.P.G. | Petrol M.P.G. | Running Hours. ✓ | 4800 | 10.3 | 8½ Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Bordeaux, Cahon, Albi, Castres. Roads mostly narrow and tortuous. Very greasy in parts. Some heavy rain and wind. Some skidding on acceleration. Rear tyres worn smooth. Changed with spares. Steering sticky towards end of run. Engine pinking on pick up at more than 1/3rd advance. Clutch stop not effective when hot. Car appallingly dirty in head wind. Front wings quite ineffective. Garner allright. Please forward any instructions to me at Paris Office, where I will call for them Mon. or Tues. 25th or 26th. Drivers CWB. with Bgs. and Garner. | ||