Ever wonder what the gearheads who design and build Fords have at home in their own garages? Here’s a tour of the annual employee car show in Dearborn. Enjoy.
In the inside lingo of the Ford Motor Company, the initials PDC stand for the Product Development Center, the sprawling complex in Dearborn directly across the street from the Henry Ford Museum and the original Ford Proving Grounds, which once upon a time was Ford Airport. (Click the links for features on these historic places.) New Ford cars and trucks are conceived and developed at the PDC, one of three such extensive Ford facilities around the world.
With a wide variety of employee-owned and invited vehicles, the annual employee car show at the PDC each summer is a favorite show for us. A heavy rain early in the morning attempted to paint a frown on this year’s event, and probably held down the attendance a bit. But by mid-morning the venue dried out nicely, permitting another great show. Memorable sights for 2015:
+ A strong assortment of historic Ford of Canada vehicles, including some rare heavy-duty Mercury-branded trucks.
+ An equally impressive number of 1958 through 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark III through Mark V models, giving us an opportunity to inspect and compare these unusual animals.
+ While the Blue Oval brand dominates the event, naturally, we also spotted some stellar non-Ford vehicles, including a 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk and an Alfa Romeo Montreal.
See all these great vehicles and more in the gallery below.
