Why the ST release was in Texas

[Sam Woodson]

I just read this on USATODAY and it reminded me of when Ford moved the get together from Louisville to Texas.



Pickup makers shoot it out for bragging rights (and sales) in Texas

Posted 10/12/2006 9:13 PM ET

By Sharon Silke Carty, USA TODAY

SAN ANTONIO — Anywhere else, Joy Meadows would seem out of place.



The 31-year-old law student at St. Mary's University here hauls herself around south Texas in a shiny black 3/4-ton Ford F-150 pickup. She's been driving Ford trucks since she was 18 and considers herself unusual not because she drives a pickup, but because the pickup she drives is so big.



"They say everything is bigger in Texas. Maybe I'm evidence of that," says Meadows of her truck, which has a sticker plastered to the back window proclaiming "Real Women Drive Trucks."



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[Rodger Tellefson]

That is Cool!



As I understand it the reason that Ford strongly urged us to move the National ST Meet from Louisville in June to Dallas in September was because the Louisville plant stopped production of the ST in June of '05 to retool, and they knew the they were going to unveil the '07 ST in Dallas but could not tell us that information probably for security reasons. They also wanted to have MySportTrac.com members at the press release, which was very cool in my opinion.

 

[Dallas Starr]

same situation hete in Canada. Alberta is the canadian version of texas. just colder... hahaha

 

[Fudged Undies]

Rodger, don't forget that they were not going to/be able to support the L'ville meet like they had in the past due to the Dallas shindig, Including no LAP tour which is a big reason for having the meet there.

 

[Rodger Tellefson]

Thanks Ed for the reminder. That's my point that there would be no reason for a LAP tour since the ST was not in production.

 

[Gavin Allan]

Ford is scared of Nissan.

 

[Tom Schindler]

...herself around south Texas in a shiny black 3/4-ton Ford F-150 pickup.

F-150's are 1/2 ton trucks....





Tom

 

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F-150's are 1/2 ton trucks....

Good catch Tom, I read right over that.

 

[Gypsy me]

That had to be a typo on the writer side....after all a Texas gal that drives a truck...knows her truck! ha ha!

 

[TomT]

Every month is truck month in Texas.