Need someone with car knowledge..

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(2017-01-08 12:03)Audiojack Wrote:  In fact one of the first manufacturers to use asbestos-free OEM brake pads was Saab, and that was as late as 1982.

I would think asbestos mat could be used in a drifter because it just "might've been around." I know my old boss at a garage had a lot of old leftover asbestos mat. Not much use for it other than to use as spark protection when welding.

Are they meant to catch alight though like this one did?