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Test results for a car with a limousine body, detailing weight, performance, and tyre specifications.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\2October1925-December1925\  Scan178
Date  1st November 1925 guessed
  
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Total weight of car with limousine body, 20 gallons
of petrol, water, oil, tool kit, ballast, driver
& assistant .................................... 2 tons 19 cwts.

Total average speed during test .................. 39.10 m.p.h.
" petrol consumption " " ................... 10.56 m.p.g.
" oil " " ................... 3715.94 m.p.g.

Weather conditions during test have been mostly wet & cold.

Standard "Dunlop" 33 x 5 S.S. Cord Tyres used on test.
Pressures used on test - Rear 55 lbs. Front 50 lbs. sq. inch.


G.W.HANCOCK.
  
  
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).


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