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).
1940 budget allocation for experimental body and chassis development.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0204 | |
| Date | 12th April 1939 | |
| -2- The allocation of £4,000 to Body Development was based on expenditure of previous years, but in accordance with Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/R.17.3.39, we were warned to expect a heavy expenditure on Experimental bodies in 1939, particularly in regard to the Continental type. These returns prove the surmise to be correct. These returns are accumulated from accurate cost figures obtained from G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp}, furthermore, a most careful check is now exercised in the Experimental Dept. to eliminate any possibility of aero expenditure creeping into chassis costs. The allocation of a budgeted figure and the allotment of same to various sections of the Department is a useful method of determining quickly how money is being expended, we shall therefore, be pleased if you will consider a figure of £50,000 for the 1940 chassis budget, allotted as follows :- HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Labour ... ... ... ... £22,500 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Material ... ... ... £ 8,500 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Labour ... ... ... ... £ 7,000 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Material ... ... ... £ 6,000 Body Development ... ... ... ... £ 6,000 Total budgeted figure for 1940 ... £50,000 It is appreciated that under existing circumstances we shall not expend this sum of £50,000, but submit same as a basis to work upon. We should appreciate your comments. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} | ||