Hopefully, we'll get 30 more from the U.S. for 2016...:thumbsup
Having worked with Francis to bring the UK owners to Le Mans Classic this year I can say with confidence 2016 will be something special.
I'll be at the Rally this year and look forward to talking to US owners about how we can put this together
Dave
Hello David.
You did a magnificent job for our FORD GT DAYS 2014. Thank you.
Your organization of the British group that you managed, was absolutely perfect.
I must also say that I particularly appreciated their enthusiasm and their extraordinary kindness.
For 2016 and the FORD GT DAYS in Le Mans, we already have several certainties:
- We will be even more.
- Our program of activities will be even richer and ideas abound.
- I intend to make it a special event.
You have seen that I invite the Americans owners to join us, and that I propose to organize their stay with us in France.
Since you wright that you will discuss that, with them, at the Rally 9 in the U.S., I suggest you tell them that they need to be organized, exactly on the same model you used with the British.
They must have a leader to coordinate every things, to organize the travel over the Atlantic for both cars and humans, to collect and send the necessary reservations in France, and interact with the organization of the European Club.
The more people make the effort to come through a long travel, the more I feel compelled to provide something shiny, and the more I feel compelled to push myself to keep them happy in our beautiful France.
The biggest constraint is the hotel.
The best places are booked two years in advance.
Unlike this year, the ideal would be that everybody is accommodated in the same place, near the circuit. To succeed this, I should start the research before the end of that year, and I finalize the booking in Spring 2015. This means that US applications should be almost final on that date. It will be a difficult task for the U.S. responsible, but it is a condition of success.
Thank you to work in team with me. It is a pleasure for me.
Best regards.
Francis (Saint Ho).
Having worked with Francis to bring the UK owners to Le Mans Classic this year I can say with confidence 2016 will be something special.
I'll be at the Rally this year and look forward to talking to US owners about how we can put this together
Dave
Hello David.
You did a magnificent job for our FORD GT DAYS 2014. Thank you.
Your organization of the British group that you managed, was absolutely perfect.
I must also say that I particularly appreciated their enthusiasm and their extraordinary kindness.
For 2016 and the FORD GT DAYS in Le Mans, we already have several certainties:
- We will be even more.
- Our program of activities will be even richer and ideas abound.
- I intend to make it a special event.
You have seen that I invite the Americans owners to join us, and that I propose to organize their stay with us in France.
Since you wright that you will discuss that, with them, at the Rally 9 in the U.S., I suggest you tell them that they need to be organized, exactly on the same model you used with the British.
They must have a leader to coordinate every things, to organize the travel over the Atlantic for both cars and humans, to collect and send the necessary reservations in France, and interact with the organization of the European Club.
The more people make the effort to come through a long travel, the more I feel compelled to provide something shiny, and the more I feel compelled to push myself to keep them happy in our beautiful France.
The biggest constraint is the hotel.
The best places are booked two years in advance.
Unlike this year, the ideal would be that everybody is accommodated in the same place, near the circuit. To succeed this, I should start the research before the end of that year, and I finalize the booking in Spring 2015. This means that US applications should be almost final on that date. It will be a difficult task for the U.S. responsible, but it is a condition of success.
Thank you to work in team with me. It is a pleasure for me.
Best regards.
Francis (Saint Ho).
Francis,
You did a fantastic job in 2014 and your kindness, hospitality and organisation were both exemplary and above and beyond the norm. I will certainly look to take part in 2016 and will hopefully be able to join Dave on his full trip.
Thank you again.
Mal
Francis,
You did a fantastic job in 2014 and your kindness, hospitality and organisation were both exemplary and above and beyond the norm. I will certainly look to take part in 2016 and will hopefully be able to join Dave on his full trip.
Thank you again.
Mal
Thank you MAL. I am red with emotion.
I knew that people able of passion for the Ford GT were probably people of quality. You are the proof.
As I wrote earlier, my only regret is that I was too busy at Le Mans, to spend enough time with each.
But this is only the beginning ....
Best regards.
Francis (Saint Ho).
Francis,
Your passion for the FGTs comes through vividly. Looked like you put together a glorious celebration, and at all places, the Le Mans Classic! A huge congrats!!! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful photographic story!
I'm very tempted to take the trip in 2016. In fact, I was just talking with my wife a few weeks ago that a day we should ship our GT over to France to drive some of the great roads. For example, a couple of years ago, we (I) drove a little 1.4 litre Peugoet from Paris to Provence to Monaco...., I enjoyed the roads greatly, and it was in a tiny rental car.... I'll need to start looking into logistic of shipping a car over there.
Again, congrats on the event!
Ed