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Test report summary detailing vehicle weight, performance metrics, and test conditions.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\2October1925-December1925\  Scan211
Date  30th November 1925 guessed
  
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Total weight of car with Limousine body, 20 gallons
of petrol, water, oil, tool kit, ballast, driver
& assistant ............................ 2 tons 19 cwts.

Total average speed during test ............ 38.70 m.p.h.
" petrol consumption " " .............. 10.68 m.p.g.
" oil " " .............. 3438.62 m.p.g.

Weather conditions during test have been mostly wet & cold.

Standard "Dunlop" 33 x 5 S.S. word tyres used on test.
Pressures used on test - rear 55 lbs. Front 50 lbs. sq. inch.


G.W.HANCOCK.
  
  
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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