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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).
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
  
  


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