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1 World War II developments, there were some centered
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2 bronze and centered iron-based materials that were
3 appropriate for some very limited applications that
4 performed fairly well, but not for passenger cars and
5 light trucks.
6 Q Okay. They were not used on passenger cars
7 and light trucks; is that correct?
8 A That is correct.
9 Q And would that same statement be true, that
10 asbestos was the only material that was deemed
11 adequate and safe to be used in friction and brake
12 materials through the 1960s?
13 A Through the 1960s? For passenger cars and
14 light trucks, yes.
15 Q And that when Ford sold trucks with original
16 equipment in the 1920s, the '30s, the '40s and the
17 '50s and up until the 1960s, would you agree that the
18 material that was contained in those original
19 equipment brakes was asbestos?
20 A That is true for cars and light trucks,
21 yes.