For nearly 20 years, a group of Ford employees has spent countless off-hours behind the scenes helping bring America’s Thanksgiving Parade to life. This year, with the parade marking its 100th anniversary, the team took on a special assignment: giving Santa’s sleigh a full mechanical makeover.
The volunteers, known as Team Mustang, trace their roots back more than two decades to a chance visit.
“It started about a little over 20 years ago, I went on a tour at The Parade Company with my daughters and a Girl Scout troop from out of Allen Park,” said Ron Lovasz, a retired member of Ford’s Mustang Plant Vehicle Team…