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).
Request for a replacement straight-through exhaust pipe to be made in Staybrite steel after the original mild steel version burnt out during a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0254 | |
| Date | 10th May 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} troopa Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW.10.5.35. 5-B-IV. 10,000 Miles Test in France. Hancock has burnt out the straight through pipe from the manifold to the front expansion box, as shown on Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1585. This was originally made in mild steel but has burnt away under the lagging. In addition therefore to the exhaust system asked for in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/KW.10.5.35. will you please produce the necessary straight through pipe in Staybrite, and despatch same to Hancock. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||