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\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 14th January 1926 | |
| COPY. x8900 TEST REPORT - 11-EX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 24 Agg. Mileage.: 3920 Total Running Hours.: 135 10/60 Average Speed.: 41.3 Date.: 14.1.26. MILEAGE. Start.: 2643 Finish.: 2898 Days.: 255 PETROL. Start.: 11 Added.: 16 Finish.: 2 Used.: 25 Oil added.: 1 1/2 pints at 880 miles. Oil M.P.G.: 4700 Petrol M.P.G.: 10.8 Running Hours.: 6 10/60 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Paris, Chartres, LeMans, Angers, Nantes. Road bad Chartres to LeMans. Some heavy snow. Carburetter and petrol system cleaned out. A good deal of fluff found on filters and jets. Carburetter reset. Much improved. On the whole steering behaved very well. There is some kick back but much less than with higher geared type. Hard to hold on a camber. Brake thud increasing. Otherwise car running well. Body O.K. ex at attachment to dash - not enough clearance. Drivers CWB. | ||