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).
Confidential internal memo detailing the factory costs for a list of automotive parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\1\ Scan059 | |
| Date | 26th November 1931 | |
| COPY. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from G/Rb.{R. Bowen} We have received a request from your Mr. West for the factory costs of certain parts. This information we give you below. Will you kindly note that it is Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s desire that all figures of factory cost should be treated as confidential. £. s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 1. Distributor D.71648 LOP. P.II. 2 6 4 2. Condenser for Battery Ignition. LOP D.71505 P.II. 3 4 3. Distributor D.51618. 20/25 HP. 2 9 2 4. Condenser D.71505 20/25 HP. 3 4 5. Coil D.72503 P.II. & 20/25HP. 19 5 6. Dynamo D.72906 P.II. 9 1 8 7. Dynamo D.50836 20/25 HP. 8 7 1 8. Dist. Board & Cut-out D.72631 P.II. 2 3 3 9. Cut-out part only 9 10 10. Dist. Board & Cut-out D.51761 20/25 HP. 2 4 1 11. Starter Motor D.72275 P.II. 12 15 0 12. Starter Motor D.51632 20/25 HP. 10 14 7 13. Instrument Board Patch Part LOP D.72857, but without Instruments or Bulbs. 10.10.0 14. Switchbox D.73227 P.II. 3 7 9 15. Switchbox D.50868 20/25 HP. 4 11 4 16. Ignition Governor E.77659 LOP P.II. 11 19 4 17. Battery Fittings to LOP.D.73002 (no battery). P.II. 2 4 0 18. Battery only. P.II. 5 8 0 19. Battery fittings to LOP D.52099 (no battery). 20/25 HP. 3 2 9 20. Battery only. 20/25 HP. 3 14 0 21. Sequence Starter Motor Switch LOP D.71810. P.II. 3 12 6 22. Push Button Switch. D.73228. 1 2 10 G/Rb{R. Bowen}, | ||