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 11-KX with a Weymann body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 6th January 1926 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} COPY. OJ. TEST REPORT - 11-KX - NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I. WEYMANN BODY. Consec. Day. Agg. Mileage. Total Running Hours. Average Speed. Date. 16 2655 93 50/60 (Days) 39.0 6.1.26. MILEAGE. PETROL. Start. Finish. Days. Start. Added. Finish. Used. 1428. 1633 205 6 18 4 20 Oil added. Oil M.P.G. Petrol M.P.G. Running Hours. 1½ pints at 664 miles. 3540 10.25 5 15/60 Route, condition, etc; involuntary stops; adjustments; work done; remarks on running, etc. London, Weedon, Newport, Chester, Claughton. Roads generally good. Some rain. Steering still stiffens slightly but much improved by use of high pressure lubricator on wheel pivots. Off side rear tyre punctured by nail. Brakes now more efficient and pressure required is reduced. Doors of body now O.K. Bad popping in exhaust. Drivers CWB. I shall be at W. from noon Friday until 10-30 a.m. on Saturday. (Sgd.) CWB. | ||