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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).
Log detailing monthly vehicle mileage and oil consumption with calculated miles per gallon.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 142\3\  scan0058
Date  9th December 1936 guessed
  
AUGUST.
10031. 1 qrt.
10362. 1 qrt.
10388. 1 qrt.
10562. 1 qrt.
11154. 1 qrt.
11473. 1 qrt.
11801. 1 qrt.
12090. 1 qrt.
Miles for month 2162 to 2 galls of oil = 1031 m.p.g.

SEPTEMBER.
12516. 2 qrts. "L" type piston rings fitted during this
12924. 1 qrt. month also the car was decarbed.
13072. 1 pt.
13089. 1 pt.
13535. 2 qrts.
Miles for month 1346. to 6 quarts = 896 m.p.g.

OCTOBER.
13696. 1 qrt. Test carried out over 650 miles; 5 pints
13925. 1 qrt. being added to being the oil to its level
14312. 1qrt. making a consumption of 1040 m.p.g.
14988. 5 pts.
15519. 2 qrts.
15609. 1 pt.
Miles for month 1961 to 2 galls. = 980 m.p.g.

NOVEMBER.
16004. 2 qrts.
16132. 3 pts.
16810. 1 qrt.
17088. 2 qrts.
17340. 1 pt.
17528. 1 qrt.
17826. 1 qrt.
18164. 1 qrt.
Miles for month 2671 to 2 galls 2 qrts = 1068 m.p.g.
  
  


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