I was invited to the 2012 Ford Product Development Employee Car Show in Dearborn MI on Friday July 20th 2012.I drove there Thursday. The show was 6:30am to 1:30pm.This years theme was wagons.I along with with fellow "Loser" Julie with her 59 Edsel wagon , were chosen to be part of the 13 car feature display.The show is in its 20th year and there were about 400 cars there.They were mostly Fords , but there was also Gm,Amc/Chrylser, and import classes.The highlight of the day for me was when a woman, with her two young sons, walked up to my car overcome with emotion, literally in tears.She was from Oahu where her mom had a Cruising Wagon.She remembers her mom piling a bunch of kids in the back and how much she loved the carpeted walls.She asked her kids to stand next to the car so she could take a pitcure . When the kids asked why, she said "when gramma sees it, she will cry too" There were four Pintos Jim's 79 wagon, a 72 trunk, 75 Squire,78 Cruising Wagon and one 78 Bobcat.
Jim,
Sorry I couldn't make it. I ran into problems with the house and couldn't get out. I love your Cruising Wagon, it's beautiful. That is what mine is headed for. I have a company getting ready to make new stripes and all that. All I need to do is put in new carpet, paint the exterior silver, and add stripes. After seeing your car, now I'm getting truly impatient!!!
Sorry you could not make it, it was a Blast! here is a link to an article about the show with more pics.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/23/a-look-inside-fords-pdc-employee-only-car-show/ (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/23/a-look-inside-fords-pdc-employee-only-car-show/)
Just found this Autoweek Video about the show. My car is in it!
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120924/CARNEWS01/120929907 (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120924/CARNEWS01/120929907)
So much eye candy! Mmmmm... I wished Ruby and I could've been there.