. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ROLLS-ROYCE GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1907 Gift of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., in 1 947 (USNM 311998) This nonoperable one-quarter-size model (figs. 84 through 87) represents the 40-50-horsepower, 6-cylinder Rolls-Royce car which, in 1907, ran out a 15,000-mile re- liability road trial officially observed by the Royal Auto- mobile Club. At the conclusion of the trial, in which it ran 14,371 miles without an involuntary stop for other than tire troubles, the car was dismantled and examined. All parts in which the slightest measurable wear could be detected
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ROLLS-ROYCE GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1907 Gift of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., in 1 947 (USNM 311998) This nonoperable one-quarter-size model (figs. 84 through 87) represents the 40-50-horsepower, 6-cylinder Rolls-Royce car which, in 1907, ran out a 15,000-mile re- liability road trial officially observed by the Royal Auto- mobile Club. At the conclusion of the trial, in which it ran 14,371 miles without an involuntary stop for other than tire troubles, the car was dismantled and examined. All parts in which the slightest measurable wear could be detected were replaced, at a cost of just over the equivalent of $ Figure 84. — Model of 1907 Rolls-Royce "Silver Ghost. 117. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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