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 a New Phantom (11-BX) with a Weymann body, detailing running conditions and adjustments.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0096 | |
Date | 8th February 1926 guessed | |
X.8900 COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-BX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day.: 40 Agg. Mileage.: 7142 Total Running Hours.: Average Speed.: Date.: 6.& 7. Feb.'26. MILEAGE. Start.: 5989 Finish.: 6120 Days.: 131 PETROL. Start.: Added.: ✓ Finish.: ✓ Used.: ✓ Oil added.: ✓ Oil M.P.G.: ✓ Petrol M.P.G.: ✓ Running Hours.: ✓ Route, condition etc; involuntary stops, adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. Tests after attention to starter circuit and ignition oil relay at N. Now O.K. Oil relay removed and sent to W. for inspection; replaced by standard. Car running well. Bad piston tap cold. Unnoticeable when engine warm Controls rattle badly. Quite loose. Brakes O.K. Drivers CWB. | ||