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).
The investigation into the additional cost of a bumper bar from the supplier Wilmot-Breedons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0324 | |
| Date | 10th December 1936 | |
| 1023 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/R.10.12.36. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} wishes the Experimental Dept. to take up the question of additional cost of the bumper bar with Wilmot-Breedons. Will you, therefore, please make an appoint- ment to go over there, and discuss the matter with Mr. Breedon to discover where the extra cost comes from, and whether there is any chance of getting it down to a reasonable figure. We anticipate that most of the trouble is due to dislocation of production; on the other hand, possibly they have not realised that they are paying more for the material than the present market price warrants. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||