My first advise would be to run like hell! I know plenty of techs that are beat up from doing this line of work. It is really hard on your body and if I had to redo it over again I think I would have choose a different field. Me I love to cook so that might have been what I would have went into! Then again I loved wrenching and racing when I was young and well here I am building transmissions for a living. The issue for me is the hobby became a profession and well the hobby is gone.

I would have to think that your FIL owning a couple of dealers would be a great in for you. Not sure if I would be worried about what Ford is going to do for you if your FIL owns the dealer! I think these would be good questions to ask the man himself and see what he has to say. I will say one thing here. Working with friends and family can be ruff depending on the situation. It has been my experience that it normally works only 25% of the time and if things go bad it wrecks relationships! So keep this in mind if you decide to go this route. Best of luck with your decision. Vince