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).
Log from a multi-day journey detailing mileage, fuel consumption, and mechanical issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\2\ 02-page15 | |
| Date | 14th March 1908 guessed | |
| Continued. May 13. Roanne to Avignon 195 mls. 80 litres Petrol Bought 1 tyre. 4 - Oil - 14 Avignon to Banon 40 mls 45 - Petrol Intended to reach Grenoble but failed owing to tyre troubles - 15 Banon to Lyon 193 mls 80 litres Petrol 4 - Oil Bought 1 tyre (Goodrich) & two tubes - 16 Lyon to Nevers 142 mls 65 litres Petrol Bought 1 tyre (Michelin) & 4 - Oil 1 tube 820 x 120 to replace one kindly lent us by English motorist when in need of one on a mountain pass. Burst 1 tyre Spring of magneto contact breaker broke. - 17 Mr Goulding went to Paris by train from Nevers. Nevers to Paris. Speedometer belt broke at Montargis. also magneto C.B spring broke Distance to Montargis 128 mls Montargis to Paris approx 60 - 40 litres Petrol COPY OF LETTER TO MR J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} DE L. THOMPSON & OTHERS | ||