45th Birthday Party Hosted by Ford of Kirkland

By Shannon Wolk

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Ford of Kirkland hosts a 45th Birthday Bash for the Mustang-complete with cake, a display of the new 2010 Mustang, and a fabulous show & shine.  A couple of months ago, the sales manager at the dealership that I work for, told me that he ssince there were a bunch of us that couldn't go to Birmingham for the big Birthday party there, that WE should have a Birthday party here! Well, that blossomed into the 45th Mustang Birthday Party Show-n-Shine, hoended up with about 135 Mustangs, 1 Austrailian Falcon, 1 T-Bird, 1 Marauder, and 1 30's pickup (and one smart aleck with a Corvette).

o enjoyed the Mustangers that showed up for the Redmond HS homecoming parade last fall, that he wanted to know what I was cooking up next. My reply was that

sted by Ford of Kirkland.  The morning started out warmish and sunny (for April in the northwest anyway) , and cars started showing up at 9:15. I would like to think that everyone was just ready for show season to start and that they just couldn't wait any longer. By the end of the day, we

I had our local Ford rep Travis, pick his favorite car to be presented with a trophy that had been made by Rob Ogden, and his favorite was NYTMARE, a very beautiful 5th generation car owned by Mustangs Northwest member Ken Coatney.  Overall, this was a very fun and successful event. I would REALLY like to thank the Mustangs Northwest club members who stepped up and helped me on the day of the event when I got overwhelmed at the gate. I don't think the people that worked here had any idea how nuts about our cars we are, and how many cars would actually show up! Jim Whalen, the owner of Ford of Kirkland, said that he would like up to do this again next year....we'll see how brave I am.