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-saving proposal for the Phantom III Engine Suspension Bracket by altering the material and manufacturing process.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\1\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1936 | |
| 322 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from G/Rb.{R. Bowen} c. to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} for TVT.{T. V. Turner} G/Rb.{R. Bowen}3/M/72/W.81236. Wyman This noted and will follow up. Gad Phantom III Engine Suspension Bracket (Sec.7000) LEC. 5406. E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}1/HP.3.12.36. Today's Factory cost of 1 pair of Front Engine Suspension Brackets - piece numbers F.87959 and 60, is 17/3 per pair. The drawing LEC.5406 shows these brackets in a lighter gauge material - 9 instead of 7 SWG, and produced in mild steel by the method of bending and welding. Assuming that satisfactory faces can be obtained by glazing instead of by milling as at present, and the alteration in material should make this possible, we estimate that the Factory cost of the pair of brackets would now be about 5/-. The estimated saving if the suggested scheme is adopted would, therefore, be 12/3 per chassis. G/Rb.{R. Bowen} Althus | ||