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PROPOSED LETTER TO PR I WE MANUFACTURERS ,,/ . / / ^y The Institute obtains speciiFICAT IONS jUSED ON THE VARIOUS MODELSfVM* CM 'M~>Y -TOJ-PnOPWE AND I NCORPORATE^THtM IN THE AUTOMOTIVE DaTA BoOK, WITH AN FMS NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EACH SIZE. THIS IS A FORM OF' STANDARDIZATION WHICH 18 CONSIDERED HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO THE I NDU6TRY, THIS "SAME INFORMATION IS ALSO FURNISHED TO THE U. 8. Government. ------ - > bftAj A catalog tiao -dgcn prepared and printed for the Government*s^use by-- ' ' jL-- ; WITHOUT CHARGE SO THAT . THE ARMED FqRCEB HKYE" HAD LITTLE DIFFICULTY | N OBTAIN-# ' UNO--REPLACEMENTS--SF BRAKE LINING^ AND CLUTCH FACING^. The Automotive Data Book which is published by the Institute regularly, CONTAINING THE 8AME INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE, IS THE MOST WIDELY USED MANUAL OF THIS TYPE. %Js^ The MEMBERS OF THIS CPWtf, WHO ARE MANUFACTURERS OF BRAKE LININGS AND CLUTCH FACINGS, MAINTAIN AN OFFICE IN New YORK ClTY FOR THE PURP08E OF GATHERING SPECIFICATIONS AND SIZES OF THESE ITEMS AND PUBLISH THE SAME IN ORDER THAT THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION IS MADE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE TRAOE./vThe INSTITUTE IS DESIROUS OF PROTECTING THE NUMSERS PERTAINING TO THESE VARIOU8 SIZES AND HAVE A. CAUSED EACH PUBLICATION TO BE COPYRIGHTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. MEM BERS of the Institute are permitted to use and reprint these numbers, but it has BEEN FOUND THAT .CONCERNS HAVE USED THE SAME I Ik-MAHV-TJABBC WITHOUT A CrfV'A-Lr ' AND IN MANY- INSTANCES HAVE MODIFIED. THE . SAME. . Any 8UCH CHANGE IS AUTHORIZATION, > CONFUSING NOT /a 1 ONLY TS--VoA BUTjALSO TO THE TRADE WHEN ORDERING REPLACEMENTS. LT< IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE ALL POSSIBLE CONFUSION MAY -fc ASK IF YOU ARE USING FMS NUMBERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR OWN. PART JNUMRERS?., If YOU ARE WOULD YOU BE '* /La--JL ', ^-K4-HP LNOUQII TO ADVISE THI8 OFF | CE.C^ IF YOU ARE USING THE INSTITUTE NUMBERS IN ANY LITERATURE, YOU MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO DO SO, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN, PROVIDING THAT IN ANY LITERATURE RELEASED BY YOU BETTING FORTH SUCH FMS NUMBERS THE FOLLOWING COPYRIGHT LINE BE PRINTED THEREONl "All F.M.S. numbers set forth herein are THE PROPERTY OF AND ARE COPYRIGHTED BY FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC., New York City." Or counoe-; FMSif you have not reprinted any of the numbers in conjunc tion WITH YOUR OWN part NUMBERS, THERE WOULD BE NO OBJECTION TO YOUR DOING 80 FMSI 07128 Q-l l\ Proposed Letter to Prime Manufacturers Page Two PROVIDING YOU INFORM THIS OFFICE THAT YOU DESIRE TO DO SO, AND THAT YOU ALSO IN SERT THE ABOVE STATED COPYRIGHT LINE' IN YOUR PUBLICATIONS. It 18 ONLY IN THIS WAY THAT THE INSTITUTE'S COPYRIGHTS WILL BE FULLY PROTECTED, AND THAT 18 WHY WE ARE HEREWITH SEEKING YOUR FULL COOPERATION. "May we ask you to give this matter your present consideration, an*-- ^awa+ttttg vtrtJR repCV^ I--retmai n. Very truly yours, FMSI 07129 ACF-Brill Motor Company, 62nd & Wooolawn Ave., Philaoelphia, Penna. Accurate Parts Mfg. Co., 1600 S, Ashland Avenue, Chicago 8, Illinois Allib-Chalmer8 Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Autocar Company, Ardmore, Pennsylvania Auburn Clutch Company, Auburn, Indiana Bendix Products Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation, South Bend 20, Indiana - A.Bendix A/estinghoube Automotive Air Brake Co,, SOI Cleveland Road, Elyria, Ohio v\. Borg-Warner Corporation, 310 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Brown Trailers, Inc,, Toledo, Ohio The Buda Company, Harvey, Illinois Burgess Morton, Geneva, Illinois ^ J. I. Case Company, Racine, Wisconsin Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, Illinois Cadillac Division of General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan Chevrolet Division of General Motors Corporation, (Detroit, Michigan ' ^ Chrysler Corporatjon Parts Division, 6533 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit 31, Michigan Fargo Division, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan Chrysler Corporation, Central Service Division, John R. Plant, Detroit, Michigan ^Chrysler Division, 12200 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan ^Chrysler Corporation of Canada, Ltd., Windsor, Ontario Clark Equipment Co., Buchanan, Michigan i "" John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois John Deere Plow Company, Moline, Illinois gvJoHN Deere Dubuque Tractor Vorks, Dubuque, _l_ Iowa FMSI 07130 DeSoto Divigion, Detroit 31, Michigan Diamond T Motor Company, 4401 W, 26th Street, Chicago, Illinois Divco Corporation, .22000 Hoover Road, Detroit 5, Michigan Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan Eaton Mfg. Co,, 739 E. 140 Street, Clcvelano, Ohio A. Feoeral Mstor Truck Company, 5780 Federal St., Detroit, Michigan Harry Ferguson, Inc., 3639 E. Milwaukee Avenue, Detroit 11, Michigan Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan Ford Division - fs^FoRD Motor Company of Canada, Windsor, Ontario Fruehauf Trailer Company, 10952 Harper Avenue, Detroit 32, Michigan Fuller Mfg. Company, 1419 N. Pitcher, Kalamazoo, Michigan , General Motors Overseas Operation, 1775 Broadway, New York 19, New York General Motors Products of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach Division, Pontiac, Michigan General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron 16, Ohio ^Harley Davidson Motor Company, 3700 Juneau, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ! Hudson Motor Division' American Hjtors Sales Corp., 12601 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan ^International Harvester Company, 180 No^ Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Kenworth Truck Company, Seattle, Washington . Le-Roi Companv, 1706 So. 68th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lincoln-Mercurv Division, 6200 W. Warren, Detroit 32, Michigan Lipe-Rollway Corporation, Syracuse I, N. Y, ALong Mfg. Division, Borg-Warner Corporation, 12501 DeOuindre, Detroit, Michigan Mack Manufacturing Corporation, Plainfield, New Jersey Marmon-Herrington Co., 1511 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis 7, Indiana .JN^absey-Harri b Company, Racine, Wisconsin FMSI 07131 Minneapolis Power Implement Company* Minneapolis, Minnesota Nabh Motor Division . .........- American Motor Sales Corporation, 14250 Plymouth Road, Detroit, Michigan V\Oldsmobile Division of General Motors Corporation, Lansing, Michigan Oliver Corporation, Charles Citv^ Iowa Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan Perfection Gear Company, Harvey* Illinois Plymouth Division, : Chrysler Corporation, 7900 E. Jefferson Ave.j DetroIt, Michigan Pontiac Division of General MotOrb Corporation* Pontiac* Michigan Reliance Trailer & Truck Company, San Francisco, California Reo Motors, Inc,, Lansing, Michigan Rockford Clutch Division ' Borg-VVarner Corporation, 2501 - 9th Street, Rockford, Illinois Rockwell Spring and Axle Company, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania Shuler Axle Company, Louisville 8, Kentucky Spicer Manufacturing Company, 4100 Bennett Road, Toledo I,Ohio Standard Forge & Axle Company, Montgomery, Alabama . vvThe Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, Indiana ^ The Trailmobile Company, 31st & Robertson Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Truckstell Manufacturing Company, 1435 Union Commerce Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio Twin Coach Company, Kent, bHio . VNTwin Disc Clutch Company, Racine, Wisconsin Wagner Electric Corporation, St. Louis 14, Missouri Waukesha Motor Company, Waukesha, Wisconsin White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio ^Willys Motors, Inc. Kaiber-Willy8 Sales Division, Toledo I, Ohio ^Wisconsin (Adtor Corporation, 1910 So. 53rd Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Timken Detroit Axle Company, 100 Clark Avenue, Detroit 32, Michigan -3- FMSI 07132