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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 and implementation proposal for a production modification involving a sleeve and caps for a chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 171\2\  img358
Date  21th November 1938
  
PHANTOM III STANDARDISATION of PARTS

Estimated cost of new tools ......... £18.0.0.

Could be brought on to production at the 1st. chassis in "A" series (without scrap).

Use Sleeve E.89030 sweated inside existing end caps E.84967/8 which will involve a tool cost of £9.0.0d. and an increase in factory cost of 1/- per chassis. This could be introduced without scrap as soon as tools are available, i.e. in about 6 weeks time, and is the scheme which ran 17,000 miles on 32-EX.

Table Columns:
MATERIAL, LABOUR, CHARGES, TOTAL
Signature, DATE, REMARKS

Table Data:
Signature: EB, Date: 22.11.38
Signature: HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, Date: 22.11.38
Signature: C, Date: 22.11.38
Signature: VB, Date: 23.11.38
Signature: AG, Date: 23.11.38
Signature: RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, Date: 24.11.38
Signature: XM, Date: 25.11.38
Signature: MR, Date: 28.11.38
  
  


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