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 day's run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 24th February 1926 | |
| O.J. COPY. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 8-30 9/6/6 TEST REPORT - 11-EX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 56 Agg. Mileage.: 9756 Total Running Hours.: 349 5/60 Average Speed.: 23 Date.: 24.2.26. MILEAGE. Start: 1111 Finish: 1260 Days: 149 PETROL. Start: 6 Added: 12 Finish: 3 Used: 15 Oil added: Oil M.P.G.: Petrol M.P.G.: 10 Running Hours: 6 1/2 Route, condition, etc. Involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc. Cahors to Millau. Nothing to report on chassis. Road surface good. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Boot. Steering still tends to become sticky towards the end of the day. Treads of all tyres badly worn. To-day's run has been almost entirely among mountainous country. Cooling very good. P.N. Drivers: Henry Boot. | ||