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).
Record card detailing a speed trial at the Brooklands Motor Course.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\3\ Scan008 | |
Date | 14th November 1911 | |
Nº 222 X/010 4200 Brooklands Motor Course. Date 14th November 1911. Description of Car. 40/50 HP (makers Description.) 6 cylinder. Rolls Royce Car. Chassis Nº 1701. Engine Nº 1701. B.A.R.C. Nº 92. Driver E.W. Hives Distance measured One half mile from a flying start. Time as per Automatic Electric Chronograph 17.679. seconds Rate of speed attained 101.816. Miles per hour. Copy of certificate W Bailey. Certified by.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} F.{Mr Friese} Lindsay Lloyd | ||