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 | ||