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1 BY MR. WILLIAMS: Page 2778 2 Q Why was that? 3 A It didn't work. It made terrible materials, 4 but it did eventually lead to improved fiber 5 technology and coating techniques which led to glass 6 fiber tires and eventually led to glass fiber in brake 7 linings, but that took a while. 8 MR. SMITH: Page 207, please. 9 BY MR. SMITH: 10 Q Do you recall when Ford purchased the Jaguar 11 line? 12 A After I retired, fortunately. 13 Q Why do you say fortunately? 14 A Because it was a terrible investment. 15 Q Do you know what kind of purchase it was? 16 Excuse me. 17 Do you know if they merged or bought certain 18 aspects or bought the whole company? 19 A I think they bought the whole company. They 20 bought the farm. 21 Q Do you know if Ford has any financial