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).
Budget summary for chassis development for 1938 and 1939, informing the 1940 budget.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 19th April 1940 | |
| To EH from HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1304 HFS.2/EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}19.4.40. 1940 Chassis Development Budget. We submit for your perusal a brief resumè of 1938 and 1939 chassis development budgets. For the year 1938 a figure of £60,000(i.e. 2/3rds of 1937 budget) was allotted to chassis development, this sum was allocated and expended as follows :- Allocation. Expended. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Labour ... £30,355 £24,555 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Material .. ... £16,645 £11,896 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Labour ... ... £ 5,720 £ 7,561 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Material .. ... £ 7,280 £ 6,655 Total ... ... £60,000 £50,667 The above figures show a saving on the budgetted figure of £9,333 For the year 1939 a figure of £55,000 was allotted to chassis development, this sum was allocated and expended as follows :- Allocation. Expended. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Labour ... ... £28,400 £18,260 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Material .. ... £ 9,100 £ 9,530 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Labour ... ... £ 7,600 £ 6,034 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Material .. ... £ 5,900 £ 6,015 Body Development ... £ 4,000 £ 9,460 Total ... ... £55,000 £49,299 The above figures show a saving on the budgetted figure of £5,701. continued | ||