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 car 11-EX, a New Phantom with a Weymann body.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0064 | |
Date | 5th January 1926 | |
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} COPY. CJ. TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day. 15 Agg. Mileage. 2450 Total Running Hours. 88 35/60 Average Speed. (Days) 25.2 Date. 5.1.26. MILEAGE. Start. 1226 Finish. 1428 Days. 202 PETROL. Start. 9 Added. 18 Finish. 6 Used. 21 Oil added. โ Oil M.P.G. โ Petrol M.P.G. 9.6 Running hours. 8 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. About London, Staines, Windsor, Addington, Berkhamstead. Rain and wind. Steering stiffens up. Made free by oiling wheel pivots. 2 No. tappets adjusted to 3/1000 cold. (Sgd.) CWB. Drivers Garner. | ||