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).
Potential performance gain and high cost of fitting a cut-out for a customer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\2\ Scan195 | |
| Date | 29th November 1929 | |
| X4117 S/W {Sales / Derby Works} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C6/C29.11.29 We have a customer who wants a bit more power and has asked for a cut-out. You mentioned the other day that the cut-out on the chassis you had was worth 3 m.p.h. at top. Do you think it is likely to do this on our standard production if we fitted one. We do not want to involve the customer in the expense unless it will do some good. In regard to the two cut-outs we fitted on 20's, the cost was £21. 7. 0., which is pretty high, and I am asking the Accountants to go into this figure again with you, in case you think it worth fitting. C. HHS [STAMP: NOV 1929] | ||