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).
Time and cost estimate for producing a Cylinder Head pattern for a Conventional Line 8 Engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\4\ scan0015 | |
| Date | 7th February 1939 | |
| 1260 RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} G.HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Sft{Mr Swift}/EW/WP. 7.2.39. PATTERN - CONVENTIONAL LINE 8 ENGINE. With reference to your memo RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.26.1.39. re the above, it should be noted we have received Cylinder Head drawings complete, but the Crankcase, are only preliminary prints. We therefore give you approximate time required for producing the Cylinder Head pattern as requested, for Chassis Division Budget, but we should prefer to give you a later report of Crankcase unit upon receipt of further D.O. dimensioned drawings. (1). Cylinder Head. Working time 950 hrs. plus material to complete same. = £104-10-0 g/Hds/Ctsk 1/2 39 Sft{Mr Swift}/EW. @ 3/- per hour £143. Material + £10 £153 | ||