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).
Oil and petrol consumption figures for various vehicle chassis for the month of September.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\1\ scan0294 | |
| Date | 9th October 1942 | |
| Handwritten note: Wyman Please let me have 3B50 figures Handwritten note: 1282 Handwritten initial: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 7/OH. 9.10.42. We give below Oil and Petrol consumption figures for the month of September. Chassis. Mileage Oil Cons. Petrol Cons. 8.B.V. On loan to C. in C. Bomber Command. 9.B.V. 1393 796 MPG. 18.5 10.B.V. Hythe Road, London. 12.B.V. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1.B.50 1854 1288 MPG. 16.3 2.B.50. Stored at Shardlow. Handwritten mileage: 1603. (text 'No Check' is struck through) Handwritten oil cons: 1523.2. 3.B.50 Stored at Shardlow. 4.B.50 Stored at Shardlow. 1.R.1. Stored at Shardlow. 1.RT.1. 1359 472 MPG. 18.8 Studebaker 517 458.4 " No Check. Vauxhall Under Repair at Oscrofts. Austin 8 HP. 1228 1091.2 " 39.6 Austin 10 HP. 1060 844.0 ? 31.1 Lancia Under Repair. Garage. Fordson Under Repair Oscrofts & S. & H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Commer 1232 616 13.6. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||