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Old 10-27-2017, 12:21 PM   #10
Floyd
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Default Re: EFV8 Grand National Meet 2018

We just spent a week in Dearborn earlier this month doing nothing but car stuff. Fantastic!
Greenfield Village -1 full day +
The Henry Ford museum -1 day +
Piguette St plant -! full day. ( This is a must for Ford car fans) ! day with time to drive around the old Packard plant
Fairlane; Henry and Clara 's house- 2 hours or so. (only the grounds are open, House under restoration
Ford house- Edsel's house !1 full day . fantastic and take trip along lake.
Detroit Institute of Art- The world famous Diego Rivera murals commissioned by Edsel Ford. See flatheads in a art museum! 4 hours +
Rouge plant tour- 3 hours or so. Good tour but not any of the old plant.(The bus does drive you through the old grounds) New F150 building.
Dearborn Inn - take an hour or so to walk through the building and grounds.
Edison- Boston neighborhood- 2 hours, drive and walk thru the area where Henry and all the heavy hitters from the day lived. (Just off Woodward Ave)
Great place to eat -new; Ford's Garage on Michican Ave next to Comfort Inn. Ford Model A themed and great food, burgers and lots of good draft beer.
Except for Edsel's house at Grosse Pointe, all the other stuff is close or in Dearborn.
My opinion would be to go days or a week early as you will not get to see anything in detail during the meet.
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