{"id":34397,"date":"2023-09-12T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/?post_type=product&#038;p=34397"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:56:00","slug":"1950-helmet-red-strip","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/produit\/1950-helmet-red-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"1950 Helmet &#8211; Red strip"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1950 Helmet &#8211; Red strip<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This 1950 Helmet &#8211; Red strip was originally manufactured by a London firm named Herbert Johnson and was intended for polo players. Then, it was adopted by racing drivers.<br \/>\nIt was made of superimposed and stamped fabrics.<br \/>\nWhen Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bardinon decided to offer it to our customers, he asked the famous driver Maurice Trintignant if he would accept to lend him his model.<br \/>\nMaurice confidently agreed with high recommendations to take care of this helmet. He won many victories with this special helmet and therefore it was particularly important for him.<\/p>\n<p>Computer modelling did not exist at that time, so Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bardinon had no other solution than plunging it entirely into a plaster bath.<\/p>\n<p>The 72 hours of drying time seemed endless, but fortunately the helmet came out with no damage.<br \/>\nJean-Fran\u00e7ois Bardinon, relieved, took it back to Maurice Trintignant who never heard about the risk involved.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/\">Chapal<\/a> could not ensure the stamping of canvas layers, it was decided to manufacture the shell in fiberglass.<br \/>\nThe technical development was carried out by an engineer friend working in the plastic laboratory of Matra company in Romorantin, center of France.<br \/>\nThe helmet is now available in painted, canvas and resin finishes, (Juan-Manuel Fangio had a canvas-resin at that time), or leather covered (very special handmade process).<\/p>\n<p>Today all the manufacturing is carried out in our factory in Crocq.<br \/>\nThe genesis of this helmet deserved to be told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiberglass and resin shell<br \/>\nInside and comfort band in soft leather<br \/>\nBrass buckles<\/p>\n<p>Not certified<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34401,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[641],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/34397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=34397"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapal.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=34397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}