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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Before The DeLorean.....

Day 21/366

Spent the day with the Scouts and friends at the Heinz History Center.  The Scouts were working on their Genealogy Merit Badge and the adults got to check out all the cool things the Center had to offer.

One of the last exhibits was the Stainless Steel Ford Deluxe Sedan.  This car was collaboration between Allegheny Ludlum and the Ford Motor Company in 1936.  Ford made six of these sedans in 1936 and there are still four in existence, one at the Heinz History Center.

This was part of a campaign to introduce the pubic to the new metal and all it's many uses.  Ford and Allegheny Ludlum collaborated in 1960 when two stainless steel Thunderbirds were built and again in 1967 when a Lincoln Convertible was built.

I never knew anything like this existed and it was quite an informative trip to the Heinz History Center and all four scouts earned their Merit Badges.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
~Henry Ford




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