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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).
Road test log detailing fuel tank levels, mileage, and gauge readings for a Straight Unit.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 44\3\  Scan084
Date  24th November 1928 guessed
  
Straight Unit . 1"/16 hole.

Approx. in tank. Mileage. Gauge.

8 411 8
411 0
421 1
6.9 431 (20) 1.5
441 4
5.8 451 (40) 4
4.75 468 (57) 4

Emptied tank 4.75

Night driving very slow against gale.
Wet roads. Average 20 m.p.h.
  
  


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