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 standardisation and factory cost of a modified Side Steering Tube for a 'W' Series Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 171\1\ img094 | |
| Date | 12th March 1927 | |
| Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}'s Dept. Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} is absent. Rb.{R. Bowen}2/N/139A/BJ.12.3.27. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rb.{R. Bowen} c. to BY Standardisation of Chassis Parts. Side Steering Tube end. N.Sch.2258 Sheet X.No.8450. Returned herewith standardisation sheet R.X.No.8450 with costs filled in. Please note the factory cost for supplying and fitting the modified Side Steering Tube to a "W" Series Chassis is £2-18-4 when the work is carried out during the repair or other modifications to the chassis, or if the work is specially done, the Factory Cost will be £4-9-7. CH Rb.{R. Bowen} | ||