Podcast appearances and mentions of john clinard

From his SVO Mustang roots to managing Ford's West Coast Communications for years, enthusiasts – especially those in the Ford Car Club Council -- know John Clinard. In this episode, John Clor and Mike Rey explore Clinard's body of work and his ongoing influence at Ford.

John Clinard, now in his 50th year with Ford Motor Company as a consultant on enthusiast cars and events, he is immersed in the collector car world on a daily basis. He's a Senior Judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

On this episode of Inside the Triple F, we talk about the Orange County Cruise-in and Ford sponsored Focus RS unveil. This event took place on July 2 at the Orange County Fairgrounds.  We will also talk about our experiences at the show and share with you, two fantastic interviews.  We talked with one of the first ever owners of a NEW Ford Focus RS and hear his opinions of Ford’s latest sports coupe: an all-wheel drive, 2.3 liter 350HP tire shredding monster with 'Drift Mode' standard. I also got to talk a good friend of ours, a friend to everyone who loves Fords and one of the greatest guys you could ever know, John Clinard, who also happens to be the Ford representative for the Fabulous Fords Forever car show.  He has helped to bring some of the most beloved Fords to market, including a personal favorite of mine, the Ford Probe. Be sure to check out some of our pictures from this event in the album section! Please give us a like on Facebook if you have not done so already.  Tell people about us! Please follow us on our Twitter feed - @OEMInsidethefff - for more posts on what we are doing, notifications when new Podcasts are released and much more. We are also on Instagram at InsidetheFFF.  We are working on having a website up very soon, so stay tuned and THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

John Clinard joined the Ford Motor Company in 1972. That’s the same year he married his wife Linda and they attended a racing driver’s school on their honeymoon. His 38-year career with Ford spanned positions in Marketing, Public Affairs, Motorsport, and Product Planning. After retiring in 2011 he immediately returned to consult for Ford in automotive public relations. He’s competed in vintage and SCCA racing, he’s been published, and he consults for museums as well. John’s the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Motor Press Guild and Packard International, and the Lee Iacocca Award.

John Clinard of Ford and Irvine Cars & Coffee sits down with A.J. on the CarStories.com podcast to talk about how him and a group of friends created one of the most legendary weekly car shows in the world.  John also talks about how and why that famous weekly car show suddenly came to an end.

The U.S. Department of Energy is set to announce a new project to develop low-cost batteries for electric vehicles. Chevy unveiled its new race car for NASCAR and says it will closely resemble the production car. The 2014 Mazda6 will be the first vehicle in Mazda’s line-up to feature its SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engine. All that and more, plus John talks with Lincoln’s John Clinard on why it decided to showcase classic cars from its past at the LA Auto Show.

This week we're in a very different time zone. Since John McElroy and the crew are in Los Angeles for the LA Auto Show, they've decided to pay a visit to the famous Petersen Automotive Museum and meet the collection's curator, Leslie Kendall. They'll also talk to John Clinard, formerly of Ford West Coast Communications, but perhaps more well known for the event he helped create in California: Cars and Coffee. We'll learn a whole lot about that, find out what's new at the Petersen and much more on this week's show.