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 log sheet for Chassis 83EE during a hill climb on the Col-de-la-Faucille route.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\4\ Scan213 | |
| Date | 26th August 1924 | |
| Tests-on-Col-de-la{L. A. Archer}-Faucille CHASSIS 83EE Top Right: 26/8/24 2 Table Data: | Air Temp | Temp of Rad Top | Temp of Rad Bottom | Distance travelled Kilometres | Direction of Wind | Height climbed metres per Kilometer | Ignition | Throttle | Gear | Condition of Test | Time | Kilometres per hr | Remarks | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 14.5°c | 75.5°c | 65.9°c | | None | 0 600 | Both | Full | 3rd | full petrol oil & water 4 passengers | 0 | 0 | Cutout open | | 14° | 76° | 68.3° | | | 1 640 40 | full advance | | | | 1 | 30 | Same condition as | | | 77.5° | 70.6° | | | 2 690 50 | | | | P/Tandemlse | 2 | 40 | previous test | | | 80° | 71.7° | | | 3 740 50 | | | | | 3 | 50 | | | 13.5° | 81° | 72.2° | | | 4 780 40 | | | | | 4 | 60 | | | | 81° | 73.3° | | | 5 840 60 | | | | | 5 | 50 | | | 13° | 83° | 75° | | | 6 910 70 | | | | | 6 | 54 | | | | 82.5° | 75° | | | 7 980 70 | | on corner | | | 7 | 40 | | | 12° | 83.5° | 76.1° | | | 8 1060 80 | [scratched] | off | | | 8 | 54 | | | | 84° | 76.1° | | | 9 1110 50 | [scratched] | >> | >> | | 9 | 50 | changed to 2nd for 40yds approx | | 12° | 84° | 76.7° | | | 10 1180 70 | [scratched] | | | | 10 | 35 | | | | 85.5° | 77.8° | 10.5 | | 10.5 1200 20 | [scratched] | | | | 11 | 50 | | | 10° | 88° | 77.8° | | | | | | | | 12 | 40 | | | | 87.5° | 78.3° | | | | | | | | 13 | 35 | | | 10° | 88° | 78.9° | | | | | | | | 14 | 42 | Normal Air Loop | | | 88° | 77.8° | 10.5 | | 1220 | | | | | 14-30 | 60 | Bottom 17.5°c Top 13.5°c | Handwritten note at bottom: 3rd Gear. Cutout Open. 14.5°c. | ||