Ford Motor Company Rolls Into Minnesota to Celebrate Worlds Oldest Auto Dealer

Ford Motor Company executives will be in the Twin Cities to celebrate the anniversary of the oldest Ford dealer in the world, Tenvoorde Ford. On June 16, 1903, Ford Motor Company was incorporated. Three months earlier Steve Tenvoorde, a Minnesota businessman, established Tenvoorde Ford in St. Cloud, MN making it the world's oldest Ford dealership.

Ford Motor Company executives are visiting the Top 100 cities across the country to celebrate Ford's 100th Anniversary. We invite you to join us for a special ceremony to mark Ford Motor Company's rich history in Minnesota, and to celebrate the company that put the world on wheels.

  WHO:       - St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly.
             - Jim Padilla, Executive VP & President Ford N.A.
             - Jim O'Connor, Group VP, N.A. Marketing, Sales and Service.
             - Steve Lyons, Ford Division President.
             - Mike Tenvoorde, Tenvoorde Ford General Manager.

  WHAT:      Mayor Kelly will join Ford Motor Company executives for a
             special ceremony to celebrate Ford Motor Company and Tenvoorde
             Ford's 100th anniversary.  Tenvoorde Ford will be the only Ford
             dealer to be given a one-of-a-kind gold Model A model fitted
             with precious gems.

             Media will have the opportunity to take rides in several
             Model T vehicles including a 1925 Model T that was built in
             Twin Cities.

  WHEN:      Monday June 9th
             11 AM - 11:30AM

  WHERE:     Ford Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant
             966 S. Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul
             Training Center Auditorium