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).
Secret internal memo discussing competitive cost figures for car bodies and shells.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0232 | |
| Date | 27th August 1938 | |
| 1021. SECRET. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/R.27.8.38. For your information here is a copy of the cost figures got out by Green on bodies. His quotations suggest that Park Wards have put in an extremely low figure on the shell, because they know there is likely to be competition on this part of the job. I have told Manning that we have had an estimate for body shell of £28 and, therefore, I think his figure of £42 is rather high. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||