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).
Cost analysis memorandum regarding the deletion of the oil cooler for the Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\5\ scan0279 | |
| Date | 31th January 1938 | |
| To ~~Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}~~ & Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}..From RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} ~~c.c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}~~ ~~c.c. to Ds.~~ 1260 RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}2/MC.31.1.38. DELETION OF OIL COOLER - PHANTOM III. Further to RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}3/MC.25.1.38., we give below the cost of scrap material if the oil cooler were deleted at 101st chassis in 'D' series. E.85026 Body 68 off s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} E.85034 Union 200 off 12 10 0 E.85035 Lock Nut 33 off 16 6 Marston charge for pressings etc., already made for 2nd 100 chassis in 'D' series. 26 5 0 ----------- 50 12 6 =========== [Handwritten initials 'Em' are written over the price columns] A reduction in factory cost of £1.16.1d., per chassis is provided by deleting the oil cooler and fitting a blanking plate to the crankcase, but after making due allowance for the above scrap, the saving for the 2nd 100 chassis in 'D' series would be reduced to £1.6.0d., per chassis. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/S.Bannister. | ||