I just wanted to make the post on this topic because rampant speculation does nobody any good.
Yes, Autoweek and Jalopnik have run stories saying that Camilo is no longer an employee at Ford, etc etc. Here's what I'm gonna tell you: Camilo is currently employed by Ford Motor Company. Camilo was employed at FMC as of Tuesday, which was the last day he worked before he left the country. On Wednesday, he flew to India to be part of a documentary on the Maharajahs Road.
Will Camilo be with Ford when he gets back on the 31st? He's been discussing his situation at Ford for two years. He's had 10 million things he wants to do that don't fit the corporate situation at FMC. That includes things like the Camilo Heffner TT GT that was sold in Vegas a few months back (for which he was formally reprimanded, go figure). With the rigors of a 9-5 M-F job, he was what you might call less-than-proficient at meeting the demands for his talents outside of FMC, a demand which has certainly been more lucrative and been infintely more satisfying. Since I started handling his art business, it's been a tremendous mountain of art work to dig out from under in his spare time. While we set up the building all last week for Designer's Night, just looking at the wall I could name painting after painting after painting done for GT Owners. It's been a difficult balancing act for him. They knew it, and he knew it, and there was clearly internal discussion on if that would work. Likewise, they knew he rued ever having to design some piece of an SUV again.
So confirming or denying anything is silly because I think that it's bad form to be making comment on what other people do for a living, especially when nothing is official. That said, there is no denying that massive staff reductions are occurring at Ford very shortly, and Camilo is 8000 miles away in India for 17 days. When he gets back or when Ford says something, that would be an appropriate time to comment, and he will definitely have something to say.
Yes, Autoweek and Jalopnik have run stories saying that Camilo is no longer an employee at Ford, etc etc. Here's what I'm gonna tell you: Camilo is currently employed by Ford Motor Company. Camilo was employed at FMC as of Tuesday, which was the last day he worked before he left the country. On Wednesday, he flew to India to be part of a documentary on the Maharajahs Road.
Will Camilo be with Ford when he gets back on the 31st? He's been discussing his situation at Ford for two years. He's had 10 million things he wants to do that don't fit the corporate situation at FMC. That includes things like the Camilo Heffner TT GT that was sold in Vegas a few months back (for which he was formally reprimanded, go figure). With the rigors of a 9-5 M-F job, he was what you might call less-than-proficient at meeting the demands for his talents outside of FMC, a demand which has certainly been more lucrative and been infintely more satisfying. Since I started handling his art business, it's been a tremendous mountain of art work to dig out from under in his spare time. While we set up the building all last week for Designer's Night, just looking at the wall I could name painting after painting after painting done for GT Owners. It's been a difficult balancing act for him. They knew it, and he knew it, and there was clearly internal discussion on if that would work. Likewise, they knew he rued ever having to design some piece of an SUV again.
So confirming or denying anything is silly because I think that it's bad form to be making comment on what other people do for a living, especially when nothing is official. That said, there is no denying that massive staff reductions are occurring at Ford very shortly, and Camilo is 8000 miles away in India for 17 days. When he gets back or when Ford says something, that would be an appropriate time to comment, and he will definitely have something to say.
