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L. Earle Bretz, Jr. Report #8609 Page 2 1/13, 1/14/81 Delivery of 13288 covering Abex Pagid 553GG material in 200 x 45 size is also required for dynamometer work. During Delco's recent visit to the plant, there was some discussion with A1 Indelicato regarding a non-asbestos version from Europe of 553GG formula. Has anything been accomplished on this? Non-asbestos friction material development continues to rank high at Delco-Moraine. Although they themselves are not developing new formulations, they are submitting samples of their 9015 integrally molded shoe and lining assemblies for test on some cars at Chevrolet. Delco repcir-tfid that as a result of a ride-off in Los Angeles attended by the dhjef Engineer of Inlaqt? and the Chief Engineer at Buick, the /Inland 4062 material has beenreleased}for the 1982 'A1 car, "in spite of documented data that the material e>Hiibits instability, burn-ups on one side, rear brake lock-up tendencies, structural problems, etc. The writer will attempt to confirm this decision and establish whether any '' '' * " '- '8 combination. LEB/lb cc: JJLukas/JWMcCool/file EFPotts LBoyd PHGrim ADIndelicato RENelson SCI 02574