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).
Minutes of a conference held at Messrs Park, Wards, regarding the quantity production and costs of car bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\1\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 22th December 1939 | |
| 1381, 1021 + 1260 1 copy Cost file 1 copy Body file SECRET. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Mr. Ward. c. to Mr. Green. c. to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/JH.22.12.39. MINUTES OF CONFERENCE HELD AT MESSRS PARK, WARDS. DECEMBER 19th, 1939. Present: Mr. Ward, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Mr. Green, Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} & Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} (after luch.) (1) Bodies for quantity Production. – Senior Range. A detailed investigation was made into possible, tool, material and labour costs, to discover whether a cost of £135 per body was possible with an output of 6,000 bodies in two years of a design like 12.B.V. Of these, 5,000 would have Bentley scuttles and 1,000 the R.R. scuttle. For the purpose of the discussion the R.R. bodies were not included. (a) Place of Manufacture. Mr. Ward said that the maximum output of these bodies with P. . construction would be 45 per week. i.e. approx. 2,250 per annum. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} said that some other factory would very probably be available for both chassis and body construction when the time arrived, therefore limitation should not be imposed on the layout. (b) Mr. Ward said that: Costs – Shell. 1. The material cost of the present B.V. body in batches of 250 was £131 and finally £126. 2. Labour was £75 and finally reduced to £51. 3. The part-off cost of the shell parts is £40. 4. The shell tool cost £5,000. | ||