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1 better quality vacuum cleaner that would be Page 2939 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.