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).
Request for a summary on how to reduce the cost of shock absorber and frame sections.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0357 | |
| Date | 10th June 1940 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1204 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/ML.10.6.40. With reference to your summary on development work, we should like you to include a summary on what you think can be done to reduce the cost of the shock absorber and frame sections. You will find that a certain amount of investigation was carried out on this and is recorded in the files. Generally speaking, the project should consist of picking out those parts which are most expensive to produce, either from a labour or material point of view, and suggest alternatives. Detailed costs of B.V. front suspension and frames can be obtained from McLoughlin. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Date................ | ||