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).
The condition and performance of Staybrite steel exhaust snouts after road testing on two cars.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\2January1929-June1929\ Scan056 | |
| Date | 22th January 1929 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. c. to BJ. SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} EXHAUST SNOUTS IN STAYBRITE STEEL. X7230 X4111 Two samples of the above have been in use for some considerable time, with the following results :- Car 14-EX. Mileage - 5000, over 50% of which was run in France. The snout was examined and found to be in excellent condition, no corrosion or rusting had taken place. After washing off road dirt, the metal was still bright, as when fitted. The swan neck pipe to which it was attached being standard untreated material, was badly rusted. Car 8-EX. Mileage - 16,433. On examination this snout was also found to be in excellent condition, no rusting or corroding of any description. The snout had opened out slightly but this is not due to using Staybrite. Staybrite is undoubtedly very much superior to the standard material for this part, as far as rusting and corrosion is concerned. We understand there is no difficulty in welding it if the correct welding metal is obtained. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||