I received an e-mail from the trail boss planning the Pinto Stampede announcing that the main show for Ford Development Center have been cancelled due to COVID-19, where the Pinto Stampede was to participate at the end of the convoy. Fords of all ages and models were expected to attend. However, he stated that the Stampede group is still hoping to proceed, albeit a smaller show as over 70 Pintos have registered, and in his previous e-mails, he had anticipated about a hundred to register. His e-mail is attached below, and you can visit the PintoStampede.
com for further information:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Some of you already heard we suffered a minor setback as the Ford PDC car show has been cancelled due to Covid 19. We have had setbacks before and this is nothing new. Today I was going to send out all the hotel information, I will still do that around the beginning of next week once we digest this bit of news and improve the event.
Now for the plan!
The Pinto Stampede is full on for the “50th Anniversary, Pilgrimage to Dearborn”.
We will have a dream cruise and invade Dearborn, the birthplace of the Ford Pinto in force. We will start out in the morning and visit many sites like the abandoned Model T plant where over a million were produced, many items will be added to this dream cruise such as possible visits to Edsel’s mansion for a tour and drive along the scenic waterway. Visit to the Henry Ford Mansion, after we see the sights we will park our cars at a venue to be determined where we will host our own Pinto car show. Possible locations are the Automotive Hall of Fame, Henry Ford Museum, etc. We are working on this all now. Trust me we will make this better than it was as it will now be all about the Pinto. Many of the people at Ford are working alongside us to make this all happen as they are just as upset and want to make this right.
Now we will also be able to hold our own fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Parkinsons foundation, so we intend to have a raffle or 50/50, whatever we come up with, we will also help out this cause.
I know some of you had your hearts set on the PDC show, so did I. If the shows cancellation is a deal breaker, please email me and I will take you off the list. If you are still coming, then don’t do a thing news will be forthcoming and the plan is still to Stampede to Dearborn. Please be patient, I will be away Friday-Sunday without access to information, so if I don’t reply right away, Monday I will be back in effect.
Sorry for the bad news, but we will turn this into something even bigger and better.
Norman Bagi
"Trail Boss"
www.pintostamp ede.compintostampede@gmail.com
646-408-7526