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Confidential internal memo detailing the factory costs for a list of automotive parts.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\1\  Scan059
Date  26th November 1931
  
COPY.

To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Rb. {R. Bowen}

We have received a request from your Mr. West for the factory costs of certain parts. This information we give you below.

Will you kindly note that it is Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 's desire that all figures of factory cost should be treated as confidential.

£. s. d. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
1. Distributor D.71648 LOP. P.II. 2 6 4
2. Condenser for Battery Ignition. LOP D.71505 P.II. 3 4
3. Distributor D.51618. 20/25 HP. 2 9 2
4. Condenser D.71505 20/25 HP. 3 4
5. Coil D.72503 P.II. & 20/25HP. 19 5
6. Dynamo D.72906 P.II. 9 1 8
7. Dynamo D.50836 20/25 HP. 8 7 1
8. Dist. Board & Cut-out D.72631 P.II. 2 3 3
9. Cut-out part only 9 10
10. Dist. Board & Cut-out D.51761 20/25 HP. 2 4 1
11. Starter Motor D.72275 P.II. 12 15 0
12. Starter Motor D.51632 20/25 HP. 10 14 7
13. Instrument Board Patch Part LOP D.72857, but without Instruments or Bulbs. 10.10.0
14. Switchbox D.73227 P.II. 3 7 9
15. Switchbox D.50868 20/25 HP. 4 11 4
16. Ignition Governor E.77659 LOP P.II. 11 19 4
17. Battery Fittings to LOP.D.73002 (no battery). P.II. 2 4 0
18. Battery only. P.II. 5 8 0
19. Battery fittings to LOP D.52099 (no battery). 20/25 HP. 3 2 9
20. Battery only. 20/25 HP. 3 14 0
21. Sequence Starter Motor Switch LOP D.71810. P.II. 3 12 6
22. Push Button Switch. D.73228. 1 2 10

G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Rb {R. Bowen} ,
  
  
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).


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