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).
Allocating new order numbers for chassis body development and clarifying the accounting for associated costs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan028 | |
| Date | 20th February 1939 | |
| 1204 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/Ker. c.c. G/Grylls. c.c. F Dodd. c.c. G/Rb.{R. Bowen} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/Ker.1/EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}20.2.39. CHASSIS BODY DEVELOPMENT. As requested, the order numbers to be used for Body Development are :- 52484 Body Development - Phantom III 52485 " " -Standard Bentley. 52486 " " -Wraith & Silver Wraith. 52487 " " -Bentley III & 50. 52488 " " -Continental Bentley. Existing Testing o/Nos. 52429. 52434. 52439. 52444. 52444. The initial cost of car bodies has always been charged to the Experimental shop order number, the testing order number only bearing the body repair and modification expense. Will G/Rb.{R. Bowen} please arrange in future for all expense including initial cost in connection with bodies to be allocated to the above order numbers, and to show it as a separate item when the development account is issued. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/Ker. | ||