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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 comparison for car wings made from aluminium and steel, with notes on door and body costs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161a\1\  scan0072
Date  23th February 1940
  
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Present Cost of Wings
(No lamps)

£ 18 12 - ) In Alum
3 - - )
£ 21 12 -

£ 13 - - In Steel

Proposed Cost of Wings
(No lamps)

£5 10 - includes Tool Cost

14/- per car.

SAVING £16. 2. 0d.

Other savings on painting, trimming and materials
generally as enumerated in EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/

Mr. Ward says -

Doors complete cost £9. 5. 0d plus tool cost of £1,800.
He estimates that if he had done the job instead of Motor Panels,
his costs would have been lower.

Pre-war cost of B.II body was almost exactly the pre-war
selling price of £380., i.e. no profit was made.

23.2.40.
  
  


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