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).
Letter from British Belting & Asbestos Ltd regarding their HALO brake linings used on winning Bentley cars at the Le Mans Grand Prix.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan397 | |
| Date | 21th June 1929 | |
| 44388 BRITISH BELTING & ASBESTOS LTD. TELEGRAMS SCANDINAVIA LONDON TELEPHONES HOP 6071-2-3-4 HALO NON-METALLIC CLUTCH AND BRAKE LININGS SCANDINAVIA COTTON CONE LINERS AND BONNET LINING MINTEX STANDARD WOVEN TYPE CLUTCH & BRAKE LININGS WORKS CLECKHEATON YORKS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO HEAD OFFICE 59 SOUTHWARK STREET LONDON, S.E.I. AUTO (BR) DEPT Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 21st June, 1929. Dear Sirs, 'LE MANS GRAND PRIX. For the last two years we have been able to announce that the 24 hours race at Le Mans for the Grand Prix d'Endurance was won by a car equipped with HALO lined brakes. Again this year the brakes and clutches of the four triumphant BENTLEYS were lined with HALO. The Le Mans Race affords one of the severest possible tests of brake and clutch Linings, and the enclosed copy of a letter received from Messrs. Bentley Motors Limited, more than bears out all the claims we make for HALO. Yours faithfully, BRITISH BELTING & ASBESTOS LIMITED. PRW/EEB. | ||