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).
Letter from Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd. discussing price reductions on Phantom III and 25/30 carburetters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\2\ scan0235 | |
| Date | 25th September 1937 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER·CO·LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR, PHONE, LONDON. CODE A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURI[N], BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 28 INTERNATIONAL MOTOR EXHIBITION CARS & BOATS OCT 14-23 EARLS COURT OUR STAND No. 371 1ST FLOOR 1033 25th September 1937 W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, D E R B Y Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Dear Mr. Robotham, In reply to your letter of the 24th instant, reference as above, we have already greatly reduced the hand work on the P.III Carburetter, and have given you the benefit of this by continual reductions in price as and when we were able to effect savings. We started on these reductions of hand work as soon as you had approved the 25/30 Carburetter. The price of the P.III has dropped from £15.11.6 to £10.5.0. so you see that we have already cut out a good deal of labour. The reduction of 4/- really only covers the saving on one coat of enamel and is really more than we actually save ourselves. I do not think it is possible to cut out much more hand labour without coming back to the mass production standard. P.T.O. | ||