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From: <SherwoodK@xxxxxxx>
To: <joeyjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] gahhhhhh
> Hi Joe:
>
> Yes, I am reading this...and answering it. The meet was 1985 -- the year
we
> had the show at Cobo Hall courtesy of Chrysler. There is an interesting
aside
> to the tour to the Jefferson Plant. As you know, the meet was Ok'd for
> Jefferson by Chrysler and the entry form informed everyone there were
exactly
> 125 spaces for the tour. Just before I left for Detroit about a week prior
to
> the meet, I received a call from Mr. Otto Rosenbusch who claimed he was
> calling from Mr. Iacocca's office. I was told that Mr. Iacocca had
cancelled
> the Jefferson tour and nothing could be done about it.
>
> Well, Joe, as you know me, I responded immediately with this response,
"Mr.
> Rosenbusch, I understand that the tour is cancelled and I can accept that.
> However, there is a problem. There are going to be 125 people coming from
all
> over the US and Canada and they are going to be very upset. And, I just
won't
> be able to control them when they go to the newspapers, radio and TV with
> their complaint vis-a-vis Chrysler reneging on the tour." Mr. Rosenbusch
> replied, "I'll get right back to you." Guess what, I received a return
call
> in 10 minutes with a "we are back on" message. Frankly, I laughed like
hell!
>
> At Jefferson, I was told before the tour there would be 130 spots on the
tour
> -- 1 guard, 2 daughters of Iacocca and their boy friends. I chuckled over
> that, too.
>
> Yes, it was a great, memorable meet and in my book, the greatest car show
I
> ever attended. I mean; tours through Styling, an article in the Wall
Street
> Journal (July 10, 1985), Jefferson and a marked change in Chrysler's
fortunes.
>
> Thanks for jogging my memory --
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
> Sherwood Kahlenberg
>
> P.S. Joe: you may forward this to the list.
>
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