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Originally Posted by rotorwrench
I guess a person would gave to get a high dollar tester to check the brake shoe linings since that's about the only use of asbestos in automotive applications. Typical government knee jerk reaction to a non-problem. There may still be a few cars out there that have the old brake shoes but I doubt there are a lot of them.
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Exhaust gaskets too. They are super fussy about it and it gets expensive.
Quote" According to an account by Australian collector car importer Terry Healy that received widespread attention across Australia – and that may have prompted the ABF to issue its notice – extensive testing on the 1965 Ford Mustang and 1966 Shelby G.T. 350 he had shipped to Australia earlier this year cost roughly $15,000, caused $12,000 in damages due to destructive testing of samples from the two cars, and led to the seizure of a number of parts found to contain asbestos, among them the brake pads, brake shoes, exhaust manifold gaskets, and exhaust pipe gaskets. "