Potential cost savings on various automotive components through design modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\1\ 01-page030 | |
| Date | 31th December 1930 guessed | |
| (7) 30. WATER PUMP. If the water pump bend was made in one piece with the water pump cover and at the same time was so arranged to allow of a straight pipe being used to connect to the radiator, a saving could be made as follows: Material 5/- Nett labour 6/9 Total nett saving 1. 0/9 E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} to inspect model. (Since seeing model agrees to supply design for new parts.) 31. REAR SPRING FRONT ANCHORAGE. By deleting the angle piece (F.56702) and adopting P. 2. type of anchorage a reduction of cost could be made of: Material 11/- Nett labour 1. 3/1 Total nett saving 2. 2/1 DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} will investigate and submit new design. 32. BATTERY SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER. If the cantilever type of battery support was used in place of the crossmember saving would be: Material 7. 11. Nett labour 1. 1/4 Total nett saving 9. 0/4 DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} has already made a new design but experimental parts are not yet made. 33. FRAME TIE RODS. If the front ends of the tie rods were anchored to the rear brackets of the front springs as in P. 2. instead of having separate brackets, a saving would be made of: Material 2. 0. Nett labour 1. 3. Total nett saving 3. 3. See item 39. (Frame trusses being deleted for 15,000 mile test.) 34. DASHBOARD. If the dashboard support brackets were deleted and a boss cast integral with the dash for bolting to frame a saving could be made of: Material 1/- Nett labour 0/4 Total nett saving 1. 4 DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} will investigate. | ||
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).