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.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0066 | |
| Date | 7th January 1926 | |
| HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} O.K. COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec Day. | Agg. Mileage. | Total Running Hours. | Average Speed. | Date. 17 | 2899 | 101 5/60 | 33.6 | 7.1.26 MILEAGE. Start. 1633 Finish. 1877 Days. 244 PETROL. Start. 4 Added. 26 Finish. 6 Used. 24 Oil added. 1½ pints at 664 miles. Oil M.P.G. 3540 Petrol M.P.G. 10.2 Running Hours. 7 15/60 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Claughton, Queensferry, St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} asaph, Conway, Bangor, Capel Curig, Snowdon, Llanberis, Bangor and Return. Roads good. some rain. Car running well and in good order. Brakes now run in. Steering stiffens up slightly but much improved by constant lubrication (every day) of front wheel pivots. Bad popping in exhaust. Slight accident to a tramp, who walked into near side front wing and was knocked over. No damage to car or paintwork. Everyone satisfied. Cost 4/6d. Drivers C W B. | ||