Interpretation ID: nht87-2.20

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: 06/22/87

FROM: ROSE M. TALISMAN -- JOAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES TESTING LAB

TO: DOUG COLE -- NATIONAL VAN CONVERSION ASSOCIATION, INC.

TITLE: NONE

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 11/01/88 FROM ERIKA Z JONES TO DOUG COLE; REDBOOK A 32, STANDARD 302; LETTER DATED 06/08/87 FROM ROSE TALISMAN TO DOUG COLE; LETTER DATED 06/23/87 FROM DOUG COLE TO STEVE KRANTZKE; LETTER DATED 06/29/87 FROM JONATHAN JA CKSON TO DOUG COLE

TEXT: Dear Doug:

As I stated earlier correspondence Joan Automotive Industries conducts its flammability testing according to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 302. This includes the use of heat resistant support wires as indicated in paragraph S5.1.3, "A specime n that softens and bends at the flaming end so as to cause erratic burning is kept horizontal by supports consisting of thin, heat resistant wires, spanning the width of the U-shaped frame under the specimen at 1-inch intervals."

It is our belief that this method satisfies the requirements of FMVSS 302 testing and is the standard industry procedure for testing automotive bodycloth.

Please keep us informed as to what the Department of Transportation's response is to your inquiry.