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1 better quality vacuum cleaner that would be
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2 appropriate for shop and garage usage.
3 Q Okay. To your knowledge, did there ever
4 come a time when Ford started putting warnings on its
5 brake and clutch parts that it sold?
6 A I recall that Ford put warning notices on
7 the boxes that were required for shipping, yes.
8 Q Approximately when was that; do you recall?
9 A End of the '60s -- no, end of the '70s, I
10 believe.
11 And did there come a time when Ford started
12 looking for asbestos substitutes for the friction
13 products that it put on its vehicles?
14 A Ford looked for alternative materials on a
15 number of occasions and earlier and then --
16 Q Was that part of the research that you did?
17 A Yes - -
18 Q Okay.
19 A -- and some of the work done prior to when I
20 started. And then about mid '70s we had a program
21 looking specifically for asbestos substitutes.