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).
Minutes of a conference at Park Ward & Co. Ltd. concerning the costs and manufacture of bodies for quantity production.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\2\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 22th November 1939 | |
| Copy given to Mr. Ward. & Mr. Green. 13/2/40. SECRET To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Mr. Ward. c. to Mr. Green. c. to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} ①. Costs file ②. "Body" file. 1021 + 1260 + 1381 EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/JH.22.11.39. MINUTES OF CONFERENCE HELD AT MESSRS. PARK WARD & CO. LTD. ON DEC: 19TH.1939. Present Mr. Ward, Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Mr. Green, Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}, & Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} (after lunch (1) Bodies for uantity Production - Senior range. A detailed investigation was made into possible, tool, material and labour costs, to discover whether a cost of £135 per body was possible with an out-put of 5,000 bodies in two years of a design like 12.B.V. Of these 5,000 would have Bentley scuttles and 1,000 the R.R. scuttle. For the purpose of the discussion the R.R. bodies were not included. (a) Place of Manufacture. Mr. Ward said that the maximum output of these bodies with P.W. construction would be 45 per week i.e. approx. 2,250 per annum. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} said that some other factory would very probably be available for both chassis and body construction when the time arrived, therefore limitation should not be imposed upon the layout for manufacture. (b) Mr. Ward said that :- Costs - shell. 1. The material cost of the present B.V. body in batches of 250 was £131 and finally £126. 2. Labour was £75. and finally reduced to £51. 3. The part-off cost of the shell parts is £40. 4. The shell tool cost £5,000. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||