Help On The Show Planning

[Gary Lewis]

• As for the balloons and colored flags, since we now have the banners and signs which will be reused for next year we could think about other things. It would be cool if a Ford dealership wanted to bring some things up to show, do some advertising, and bring the big ballons. So, I just opened up a dialog with Bill Knight Ford, which is where I bought my truck.

Gary,

Bill & I met with a Parts Manager over there named Jay Estes during our excursion, I have his business card.

I’m glad you posted this as it reminded me that I’ve not updated it with my findings. Miss Ellie, the secretary to the general manager at Bill Knight Ford, called back and said they would be interested. However, they can’t because Skiatook is not in their Dealer Management Area. So I needed to find out which dealer “owns” Skiatook. (Given that, I guess I don’t need the parts manager’s name.)

So, I turned to Google Maps and discovered that we are exactly 20 miles from two different dealers - Joe Cooper and Bob Hurley. I called Cooper first and the receptionist sorta listened, misunderstood what I was asking, but finally said she would have someone call me. And, here we are 5 days later and no call, so I was right when I told her “That’s ok, I’ll call the other dealership.” In spite of her insistence that “Someone will call you.”

At Hurley I drew Paul Thomas, who said he will ask the regional rep on October 3rd when he talks with her to see what DMA we are in. So, I should call back after the third. But, I didn’t really get what I was looking for, like an offer of advertising or several trucks, as he said I can come down and check out a truck for the show. That’s no help as I have a 2015 that is almost indistinguishable from a ‘17, and the 2018’s aren’t much different. (Basically like trying to tell the difference between an ‘85 and an ‘86.)

So, I really didn’t accomplish much. 😩