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).
Parts, tooling costs and manufacturing plans for the first 500 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\2\ scan0225 | |
| Date | 11th November 1938 | |
| -2- ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.3/B.11.11.38. (Contd:- (Handwritten, crossed out) GCD597 FB.4232 Off Stop Rear Brake Inter Levers 1 off FB.4233 On " " " 1 " FB.3694 Support Bkt. Filter 1 " FB.3967/8 Support Bkt. Petrol Tank Straps 2 " As we are now waiting to instruct Thompsons to proceed with £3,250 of Tools which will take over 4 months to produce, will those concerned please confirm by the 16th of this month, that no further alterations will be required for the first 500 chassis. It is intended that the first 50 chassis will be bought from Thompsons exactly to these drawings and that the drilling jigs to cover suspension attachments, pedals and bijur pipes etc. will be made in our Works and tried out on these first chassis. It will then be decided which drilling jigs will be handed over to John Thompsons for further frames. (Handwritten) GCD 897 Rear Equalizer de CRL{C. R. Lisson} FCD PD 910 Front Brake Damper (Front) FCD 762 Front Equalizer Holes:- Master Cyl Servo ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} FCD 878 Rebound Stop Liner silent bloc | ||