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-reduction analysis for the starting handle design, comparing different models and manufacturing practices.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 28th April 1937 | |
| SECRET To: Mr. [redacted] Copy to Mr. [redacted] Handwritten notes: Top Right: 1003 Action RW/STD STD Please arrange to test GRT Left Margin: Starting Handle PW Main Text: MODIFICATION TO CHASSIS DESIGN TO REDUCE COSTS. STARTING HANDLE. The factory cost of the starting handles and fittings associated with them on the three chassis are shown below. The figures are based on the latest costs supplied to the Design Office and 175% charges. It should be appreciated that the front support bearing is also used to support the town driving lamp when one is fitted:- P.III. Bentley. 25/30. Starting Handle. 20.2/- 19.58/- 19.66/- Bearing Carrier. 8.515/- Trap in Shutters. 4.34/- 4.34/- 7.55/- Front Support Bearing. 9.25/- 5.01/- 5.84/- Total. 42.3.5/- 28.93/- 32.85/- A number of American manufacturers no longer supply a starting handle and those that still do so provide the most elementary handle, usually just a bent mild steel bar with a pin through the end such as Chevrolet handle shown in Fig.4. In many cases no front support bearing is provided which makes cranking with the handle a difficult and hazardous job. When a bearing is provided it is usually of the simplest form consisting of a bent mild steel strip fastened to the bumpers or a hole in the bumpers themselves. The dogs usually consist of an unhardened steel pin working in unhardened slots on the crankshaft extension. These parts soon become worn if the handle is used to any extent. The hole in the grille for the handle is usually covered by a simple pressed metal cap. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||