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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).
Comparison table of drag and maximum speed for an existing car and various experimental tail designs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 90a\4\  Scan010
Date  13th January 1936 guessed
  
"
DRAG lbs.
AT. 100 M.P.H.
MAXIMUM. SPEED
ON SMOOTH HARD
SURFACE.
MILES/HOUR.

EXISTING CAR.
(GREEN MODEL)
160.
115.

EXPERIMENTAL BODY.
TAIL No. 1.
137.
120.

2.
141.
119.

3
147
117½.

4.
143
118½.

5
142.
119

6.
139.
119½.
  
  


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