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).
Standardisation of parts for the Phantom III new type front suspension link, including cost estimations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 171\2\ img368 | |
| Date | 20th September 1935 | |
| PHANTOM III STANDARDISATION OF PARTS NEW TYPE FRONT SUSPENSION LINK Estimated tool cost £ 720.0.0d. Could be brought on to production without scrap on the 1st. chassis in "E" series. 66 pence each approx. £260.0.0d. piece cost. TABLE 1 (Cost breakdown): Headers: MATERIAL | LABOUR | CHARGES | TOTAL Sub-headers: £ s d | £ s d | £ s d | £ s d Row 1: 1 3 12 | 10 4 | 8 8 1 | 25 11 Row 2: 10 8 14 | 10 4 4 | 1 1 1 | 6 1 1 Save 10.4. per car. Cost of tools to enable this saving is £240-0-0. TABLE 2 (Remarks): REMARKS | DATE | INITIALS 'B' al-Jul. '30 | 5.2.36 | EC Issued | - | SH Issued | - | C Issued | 11.10.36 | E Issued | 11.10.36 | AO Issued | - | YB RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} report | 11.10.37 | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Issued | 11.9.37 | XM Issued | 11.9.37 | RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||