Factory prototype Porsche 911 goes up for auction
According to Michael Bennett-Levy – famous as a collector of everything, in particular early technology and TV sets – the first example of anything is always worth buying, (almost) regardless…
Cresswells, Ltd., Wellington Mills, Bradford, are exhibiting representative specimens of their Chekko brake and clutch linings, for which they claim unique qualities in so much as they are guaranteed to be made from Ioo per cent, pure asbestos fibre, spun on to the brass wire which forms the binding medium. No cotton whatever is used in the production of Chekko. They are also exhibiting samples of the crude fibre and carded sliver from which their Chekko yarns are spun, and afterwards solidly woven into their Chekko brake and clutch lining fabrics.