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).
Component shortages for the construction of 145 chassis and a total of 100 engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\2\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 20th June 1941 | |
| [cont'd] - 2 - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/RH.{R. Hollingworth}20.6.41. There is enough uncompleted material to build a further 145 chassis with the following exceptions :- Radiator. No stock. Gearbox No stock. Prop: Shaft (125 rears short, 33 fronts short) Brake shoes and linings (135 sets short) Brake Expander & Adjuster Units (120 sets short) Rear Hub (130 short) Front Hub (No stock) Brake Drums (83 sets short) Rear Springs (No stock) Front Axle Yokes (No stock) Lower Suspension Lever (No stock) Front Springs (No stock) Torque Arms (68 short) Steering Wheels (71 short) Steering Boxes (124 short) Frames (132 short) Dashboards (135 short) Petrol Tanks (140 sets short) With regard to engines, there is a complete shortage of wheelcases, but there is sufficient completed material to build 20 engines with the following exceptions :- Crankshaft (15 short plenty of unfinished ones) Piston (7 sets short) Cylinder Block (15 short) Cylinder Head (18 short plenty of half mahcined heads) Camshaft (18 short enough unfinished ones) Cam Wheel (14 short enough unfinished ones) Wheelcase (20 short - no casings) Oil Pump (14 short - no casings) Inlet Pipe (16 short enough castings) Front Carburetter (5 short) Air Silencer (16 short enough parts) There is sufficient uncompleted material to build a further 80 engines with the following exceptions :- Conn Rod (60 sets short) Pistons (No stock) Cylinder Block (No stock) Valves (50 sets short) Cam Wheel (67 sets short) Wheelcase (No stock) Oil Pump Case (No stock) Carburetters (No stock) Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||