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).
Request for a cost analysis of the first Bentley B.60 engine, including expenses for patterns and overtime.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\5\ scan0085 | |
| Date | 14th September 1938 | |
| 1044 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/R.14.9.38. BENTLEY 60 UNIT. Will you please let us have an analysis of the cost of building the first B.60 engine to include the money expended on patterns. We should like an approximation as to how much the cost of this unit has been increased due to the fact that a great deal of the machining and fitting has of necessity been carried out at overtime rate. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||