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\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 20th January 1926 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} COPY. YS900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. First Table: Consec. day. | Agg. Mileage. | Total Running Hours. | Average Speed. | Date. 30 | 5184 | 179 15/60 | 29.2 | 20.1.26. Second Table (Mileage): Start. | Finish. | Days. 3943 | 4162 | 219 Third Table (Petrol): Start. | Added. | Finish. | Used. 6 | 19 1/2 | 0 | 25 1/2 Fourth Table: Oil added. | Oil M.P.G. | Petrol M.P.G. | Running Hours. 1 litre after 1050 miles. | 4800 | 8.6 | 7 1/2 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Nantes, La{L. A. Archer} Rochelle, Bordeaux. Roads good but wet. Heavy Mist for 50 miles. Brakes very ineffective at start. Improved with use. Symptoms those of oily servo. Controls rattle. Steering stiffened up. Servo quiet. Garner fell out of car owing to slipping when preparing to get out on car stopping to change over to reserve petrol feed. Dislocated elbow but is now alright. Drivers CWB. with Bgs. and Garner. | ||