[FC] Fwd: EyesOn Design 2014: "Pure Michigan" - Vehicles built in Flint

[Ken Hand]

 I have left the header intact below so anyone interested can contact Joe directly. The reason I am putting this on our list is he is looking for a Flint, MI built truck for display at this show. What this means is you need to have an "F" in the VIN rather than the more common "S". As an example the VIN would read 3R126"F"101234, the parentheses will not be there I put them there for emphasis.

So if you have a Flint built Corvair truck and would like to be included in the show below please contact Joe. There is a list of other vehicles he is looking for and if you have one of those or know someone have them get in contact.

 

Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Tonietto <j.tonietto at gmail.com>
To: vairmech <vairmech at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 9:30 pm
Subject: EyesOn Design 2014: "Pure Michigan" - Vehicles built in Flint



Ken,
Thanks so much for taking my call and for volunteering to help with my vehicle search!
The message I posted on the AACA forums is attached below.
I have updated the vehicle “wish list” to reflect the vehicles that have already been invited. (Two 1915 Buicks, 1969 Electra convertible and 1919 Paterson)
If you could provide any leads for the FC Corvair – or for any others on the list – I would very much appreciate it.
 
The show will be held on June 15, 2014.
Our goal is to have vehicle selections finalized prior to April 15.
Thanks in advance for your help!
You can call me at 248-761-9942 with any questions or to discuss potential exhibit vehicles.
Joe Tonietto
 
Posted to AACA Forums:
As part of the Vehicle Selection Committee, I am responsible for populating our "Pure Michigan" category.
This year, the "Pure Michigan" category will showcase vehicles manufactured in Flint, Michigan.

I am looking for 10 to 15 vehicles to showcase the breadth of Flint's automotive assembly history.
In particular, we would like to feature your vehicle if it meets these requirements:

1. Original (or restored to original) appearance. Exhibited vehicles must have OEM style wheels, tires and interiors.
2. Vehicle manufactured/assembled in Flint, Michigan

Specifically, we would like to feature representative vehicles for the following marques/years:

- Any 1901-1903 product of the Flint Automobile Co., A.B.C. Hardy or Flint Roadster
- Any pre-WWI Buick (1 or 2 vehicles)
- Any pre-WWI Chevrolet (1 or 2 vehicles)
- Any Monroe vehicle
- 1932-41 Buick (any body style or year – 1 or 2 vehicles required)
- 1953 or 54 Buick Skylark
- 1957 or 58 Buick Caballero hardtop wagon 1948-52 Buick Roadmaster sedan or Estate wagon
- 1959-64 Chevrolet Impala or Bel Air
- 1966-71 Buick Electra, Riviera or Centurion (2 vehicles)

- Any Samson truck
- Any "Flint" or "Best" truck (Durant-Dort Carriage Works)
- Any "Dort" truck
- Any pre-WWII GMC truck
- 1946-53 GMC panel truck or Chevrolet Suburban
- 1957 Chevrolet Cameo
- 1964-65 Corvair Loadside, Rampside or Greenbrier

If you have a vehicle that fits these guidelines and would like to have it considered for inclusion, please send me a message including two photos of the vehicle and your contact information as soon as possible. I will respond with additional details about the show.

I would also appreciate any contact information you can provide regarding potential exhibit vehicles that meet that above criteria. 

Thank you for your interest!

Joe Tonietto
2014 Vehicle Selection Committee
j.tonietto at gmail.com
 
About EyesOn Design and the DIO:

The Theme for EyesOn Design 2014 is: Automotive Design’s Influence on Popular Culture

Show date: Sunday, June 15, 2014
Location: Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI

About the Show:
Vehicles are chosen based on the year’s theme by invitation only, and between 200 and 300 vehicles are at the show on Father’s Day. In addition, EyesOn Design features special exhibitions and concept and production vehicles which debuted during the previous year’s auto show circuit, including ones which were awarded at EyesOn Design at the North American International Auto Show.

EyesOn Design receives its support from both domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers, as well as automotive suppliers and other loyal companies. Judging is facilitated by active and retired exterior and interior designers from leading automotive and supplier companies. 

EyesOn Design was founded in 1987 with the support of design heads of GM, Ford, and Chrysler as an automotive exhibition judged exclusively by automotive designers. Today, we celebrate design with an ever-increasing group of designers, collectors, manufacturers, suppliers, and the general public. 

About the cause:
EyesOn Design has raised over $4 million for the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO), the research arm of the Henry Ford Health System Department of Ophthalmology. The DIO supports the visually impaired and blind of southeastern Michigan and organizes two leading world research congresses. The DIO congresses bring together competing researchers to share their findings, critique each other’s work, and go home with new approaches.

The Eye and The Chip, organized with Harvard Medical School, encourages collaboration between efforts to provide artificial vision to many people who are now blind.

The Eye, The Brain, and The Auto improves our understanding of the relationship between vision and the safe operation of vehicles, in an attempt to reduce fatalities.


The DIO also operates support groups for adults and seniors who are visually impaired. 

More information is available at the DIO and EyesOn Design websites:
http://www.henryford.com/dio
http://www.eyesondesign.org/#about