Edsel B. Ford II

Los Angeles, CA - The Petersen Automotive Museum and Hotrod & Restoration are pleased to announce that the Ford family will be honored with the 2007 Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award.

Part of the ninth annual Hotrod & Restoration Trade Show - held March 1-3, 2007 at the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, the award presentation will take place during the "Breakfast of Champions" co-sponsored by Meguiar's, at 8:30 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2007. The award will be accepted on behalf of the Ford family by Edsel B. Ford II.

"This is the first time the award has honored an entire family instead of an individual. There couldn't be a more fitting family member to represent the Ford family than Edsel B.Ford II," states Dick Messer, director of the The Petersen Automotive Museum. "His grandfather, Edsel B. Ford [son of Henry Ford], oversaw the design of the 1932 Ford coupes and roadster, now nicknamed the "deuce." Those vehicles are the roots upon which the hot rod niche market has been built."

Robert E. Petersen states, "Next year marks the 75th Anniversary of Ford's breakthrough 1932 vehicles. The most popular models, the three and five window coupes and the roadster, have become true hot rod icons. An entire industry, all represented at the business to business level at the Hotrod & Restoration Trade Show, has grown from the personalization of those vehicles." Petersen continues, "There couldn't be a more appropriate time or a more appropriate place to honor the Ford family. The 1932 Ford roadster remains the most popular body style among hot rodders and has long been recognized as America's quintessential hot rod. These vehicles formed the foundation for the hot rod movement."

Edsel B. Ford II, accepting the award on behalf of the Ford family, is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company. His grandfather is Edsel B. Ford, company president from 1919 to 1943. His late father, Henry Ford II, was president of the company from 1945 to 1960 and chairman from 1960 to 1980. ....

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