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Test log for Dunlop straight-sided tyres, tracking daily and total mileage.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\1\  Scan221
Date  25th June 1921
  
TESTS ON DUNLOP STRAIGHT-SIDED TYRES. 25.6.21.

Date. | Tyres fitted. | Position on car. | Total miles. F. {Mr Friese} R. {Sir Henry Royce} | Daily miles. | Route. | Remarks.

2.5.21
£ £
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 2729, 2729
Total miles R: 2729, 2729
Daily miles: 32
Route: Test runs Local.

3.5.21
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 2752, 2752
Total miles R: 2752, 2752
Daily miles: 23
Route: " "

4.5.21
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 2781, 2781
Total miles R: 2781, 2781
Daily miles: 29
Route: " "

5.5.21
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 2831, 2831
Total miles R: 2831, 2831
Daily miles: 50
Route: " "

6.5.21
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 2895, 2895
Total miles R: 2895, 2895
Daily miles: 64
Route: " "

7.5.21, 8.5.21
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 3151, 3151
Total miles R: 3151, 3151
Daily miles: 256
Route: Derby to Blackpool.
Remarks: Average speed 25 M.P.H. Give and take roads.

9.5.21
Tyres fitted: WGD.4088, WGD.4261, WGD.4998, WGD.4257
Position on car: O front, N front, O rear, N rear
Total miles F: 5183, 5183
Total miles R: 5183, 5183
Daily miles: 32
Route: Local.

R.R. 222A 100(T) (S.D. 738. 19-2-21) G 2947
  
  
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).


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