Is anyone interested in a Michigan pre-cruise for Thunder on 66? There has been discussion in the Yahoo group about a Great Lakes region caravan starting near Grand Rapids, MI on August 13th. We could meet at Rosie's Diner near Rockford for a late breakfast/brunch and join up for the 4-hour drive from there to Elgin. I'm also looking into arranging a group tour of the Wixom plant on August 12. [Chris, what do you think?]

TR - Sounds like a winner. We may even be able to join you for the Wixom plant tour. :thumbsup:

If you still use the other site, you might post it there. Dot can put it on her site when she gets back from playing over the holiday as well. Let me know if I can be of any help.

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Hey. I'm now here to stay!!!

Welcome aboard! Jump in with both feet and get rid of that cursed Chevy Man brand!

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As the date draws near, we need to finalize plans for the August 12th
and 13th T-bird events previously announced.

I will contact Dave Davis at Wixom next Monday when the plant
reopens, and I need to give him the headcount for the tour. Chris is
going to contact Rosie's as soon as I provide the numbers for that
gathering. Here is the information I have collected from various
sources so far [sorry about the formatting]:

Wixom Rosies Name Source #people #TBs

yes yes Bernie/MK Bernie 1,2 1
no yes Chris Chris 1 1
yes yes Tony/Patricia Chris 2 1
no yes Terry Chris 1 1
no yes Jim Chris 1 1
no yes(?) Gene/Karen Thunderon66 2 1
yes yes Gord Thunderon66 1 1
yes yes Joy Newtbirdforum 2 1

So far we have 6 people for the Wixom tour and 8 cars with 12 people
for Rosie's. If you want to add or remove your name, please send me
the information by this weekend. I'm looking forward to meeting
everyone in a few weeks!

We're in and looking forward to it. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Dave Davis called back today, as promised, and gave us a green light for the group tour on August 12th. I was offered a choice of 9:30-11:30 for the morning shift and 12:30-2:30 for the afternoon. I opted for the afternoon, given that some people will be driving cross state and would have a pretty early wake up call to arrive in time for the morning slot. The plant will be in full production and Dave promised us a pretty interesting look at the making of the T-bird.

I'll post driving directions and lodging recommendations for those who need them in a follow-up. BTW, I'd like to suggest that replies go to the new T-bird forums that Justin graciously set up for us to avoid multiple postings and divergent threads. I'll continue to monitor the discussion here for those who'd rather stay put, however.

TR- i replied to a message on the bird forums, just in case, please put me on your email list, tccoail@yahoo.com

thankyou,
keith deluca

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