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).
Driver's report detailing maintenance and consumption for the Goshawk vehicle.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan407 | |
Date | 7th September 1922 | |
*4274 X4086 Wa.{Mr Wallis}15/Go.7.9.22 Report of driver Toussaint X 4086 re: Goshawk August 17th 1922 Changed master leaf of off-side front spring. " 18th " Tighten up back wheels found noisy " 19th " Priming tap control broken " " Dismantled sparking plugs owing to carbonisation " " Changed dynamo on account of faulty current " 25th " Water boiled in radiator on two days while going up hill in 2nd speed:- La{L. A. Archer} Ginesse near Marseilles Côte du Camp near Toulon Total consumption from Paris to Marseilles and Marseilles to Paris about 14 litres petrol per 100 Km. 1/2 " oil per 150 Km. signed:- Toussaint WA.{Mr Wallis} | ||