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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).
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
  
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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.
  
  


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