JULY 2016

SAAC-41 IS in the record booksIt’s over now. The circus has packed up and

moved on, and all that is left are large sectionsof flattened grass and over-filled garbage cans.Presumably everyone made it home safely andcars have been put back in their garages.

If you are wondering about the results of thecar show, the concours and the vintage race,they were posted a few days after the conven-tion on SAAC’s website (SAAC Convention >Vintage Race, Concours or Popular Vote CarShow). You may also want to visit the SAACStore to purchase a SAAC-41 t-shirt or hat ifyou were so caught up on the action that you left without one. Or if you have a special attractionto anything Hertz. We’re guessing they will go quickly.

We’ve also cleaned out the garage and listed all of the hats and t-shirts we’ve had packedaway. The store’s listing for each different item tracks how many are available. When that num-ber counts down to zero they are gone forever. Prices have been cut to a “let’s move ‘em outtahere” $10 and that includes postage. We found some back issues we didn’t know we still hadand they are shown in the store, too. As usual, SAAC members inCanada and overseas will have to pay for air mail postage, whichwe will compute and add to your credit card total.

The Summer issue of The Shelby American is in the final stagesof being completed and if it isn’t posted on SAAC’s website by thetime you read this, it will be shortly. It contains an extensive articleon SAAC-41 along with more than 150 convention pictures. Welike to think of it as being the next best thing to being there. Andit’s a good recap even if you were, because at conventions it’s im-possible to see everything. There are also 14 other articles in thisissue, making it a bulging 106 pages – the biggest one we’ve everdone. Whew! No wonder we’re tired.

Here’s more good news: as announcedat SAAC-41’s Friday evening program, SAACmembers are now eligible to participate inFord’s X-Plan. If you’re not familiar with whatthis is, it is a program that allows companyemployees and retirees to purchase or leasenew model Fords and Lincolns (up to two ve-hicles per calendar year) from any dealer theychoose without negotiating a price. The X-Plan pricing structure is established in ad-vance of visiting the dealership. The price is4% above dealer invoice and most models areincluded (there are some notable exceptionslike Shelbys and special editions which arelisted in the program details).

ParterRecognition

X-Plan

https://www.fordpartner.com/partnerweb/jsp/howitworks/fordpartner_rules.htm

This website will explain the details of howthe X-Plan works and answers frequentlyasked questions. We still have some compo-nents to put into place before it can be acti-vated, but the above website will providesome specifics. We will be sending anothereBlast as soon as the program becomes ac-tive and we are ready to provide individualmembers with a Personal Identification Num-ber (PIN) or Partner Code.

If you are considering the purchase of anew Ford vehicle, you may want to hold offuntil you can do it through the X-Plan.

By the way, do we have your correct ad-dress in our database? You can check by log-ging onto www.saac.memberlodge.comand verifying your address. If it has changedplease email us at membership@saac.comand let us know.

Spoiler Alert: The X-Plan is

not available to individuals

outside of the U.S.

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