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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 the New Phantom, chassis 11-RX, with a Weymann body.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 71\3\  scan0146
Date  31th March 1926
  
COPY.
TEST REPORT - 11-RX. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY.

Consec. Day. Agg. Mileage. Total Running Hours. Average Speed. Date.
83 14,709 558 40/60 18.5 31.3.26.

MILEAGE. PETROL.
Start. Finish. Days. Start. Added. Finish. Used.
6104 6215 111 18 8 16 10

Oil added. Oil M.P.G. Petrol M.P.G. Running Hours.
½ gall. 1104 11.1 6

Route, condition, etc. involuntary stops. Adjustments, work done. Remarks on running, etc.

Florence, Siena, Poggibonsi.
Roads dry. Pot holes and loose stones.
Hill climbing.
Engine running well.
Clutch stop ineffective when warm.
No other report.
Batteries topped 1 pint.
2 hours work on car:-
batteries, tyres, oiling parts. (Sgd.) P.N.

Drivers Henry Boot.
  
  


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