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 an 11-HA New Phantom with a Weymann body, detailing a road test in Italy.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0141 | |
Date | 25th March 1926 | |
COPY. TEST REPORT - 11-HA. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Connec. Day.: 78 Agg. Mileage.: 13,986 Total Running Hours.: 517 35/60 Average Speed.: 18 Date.: 25.3.26. MILEAGE. Start.: 5350 Finish.: 5492 Days.: 142 PETROL. Start.: 6 Added.: 17 Finish.: 12 Used.: 11 Oil added.: - Oil M.P.G.: Petrol M.P.G.: 13 Running Hours: 8 Route, condition, etc. involuntary stops. adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc. Florence, Lucca, Pisa. Roads are appalling; pot holes, train and tram lines all along main roads out of Florence for at least 10 miles. Engine and car running well. Mud and slush all along routes taken. (Sgd.) P.N. Drivers Henry Boot. | ||