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I had noticed that the Woodward Dream Cruise had started earlier this year. I was driving up Woodward yesterday and today and had noticed the classic cars crusing around 13 mile road and people sitting on the sidelines watching. It was the same last year. A week long event. That's cool. I had wondered why Detroit had never allowed the Crusie to be held at least to Woodward and 7 mile with events being held at Palmer Park.
Every year there's a thread on the Dream Cruise, people chime in saying it's great, then people chime in about how much it sucks and it delves into bickering shitstorm. Congrats on getting it going this year.
I had always enjoyed it. I enjoy the festive atmosphere more than I do watching a car go down the street. I loved having gone to the weekly long pre event more than I did the event itself last year.Detroit had tried to have a futuristic cruise last year around the Science Center but it was a farce
See threads from last year,and the year before.Crime,real or imagined,racism,same old crap that keeps SE Mich down.And if anyone cares to come up to the best veiwing spot during cruise "week",my Oldsmobile club will be at the Charter One Bank,Long Lake and Woodward.On Saturday look for the red 1967 Olds442 with the Luckycar sign in the window.Say hey,and let me know your from DY,and a blast up to Pontiac can be had.
I was pissed off waiting in rush hour traffic while 13 Mile was closed at Woodward. At first I thought it was a senior citizens' event unrelated to the cruise [[I saw many elderly pedestrians, but no cars), but I guess it's just because Tuesday at 6 PM isn't really convenient for younger familes.
Put me in the "it sucks" category, at least until the weekend. Then it's fine.
I'll chime in as an "it sucks" supporter.... never saw a sorry-er bunch of losers than people sitting in the middle of woodward 1 week before the cruise drinking their PBR and watching 99% everyday cars drive by..........
for a finale they probably go home and sniff paint while watching it dry......
Who are you to rain on someone else's fun? There's a million hobbies out there, and I'm sure you probably have a few too. So why whine about people having a good time? I don't have a boat but I don't complain about others enjoying theirs.
P.S. We happen to live in the Motor City, It kind of comes with the territory.
You will get a warning if not a ticket if you sit in the middle of Woodward.You will get sick if you drink PBR.You need help if you sniff paint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
Most of us losers work[[ed) in some auto related field,and are the reason good or bad that this place isn't some backwater shit hole..oh wait......
Can't we just all get along here?
Some of us love the Dream Cruise, some of us endure the Dream Cruise, and some of us abhor the Dream Cruise. I feel fortunate to enjoy the event and all that it encompasses! I love the camraderie among people who share an interest or a passion. I think it is wonderful that there are families and groups of friends spending time together and enjoying a shared interest. Last evening I had the privilege to share the Cruise experience with a work colleague in town from the UK. He was amazed at what he saw on a "warmup" evening! And that is what this is all about.
Luckycar, I might take you up on that offer! The credit union where I work is having an employees only event at the Woodward office. We did it last year as well, before that it was only open to car dealers with whom we did business. Thankfully, the cruise traffic in Pontiac is only bad around the loop.Quote:
Originally Posted by luckycar
The Berkley "Cruisefest" Parade is a lot of fun, I go every year. This is on Friday the 19th. It starts at 6:30pm along 12 Mile going west from Coolidge. Lots of cool cars every year, highly recommend. There is no seating in the middle of the road for this event ;)
I enjoyed the cruise years ago. It has since become a pain in the behind for a week. If people would stay home and stop screwing up the commute weekdays, if people would stop driving cars that are by no means "classic" I would enjoy it again.
p.s. - no car from after '72 is a "classic" and that includes the smokey and the bandit trans ams and the corvettes. "old" and "classic" are not synonyms
There should be something that brings this past 8 mile...with events at the old Fairgrounds, T-Plex, Historical Museum [[and other spots around the cultural center), all the way down to Hart Plaza...where some major celebration of the city should be held.
Of course, it brings issues...anywhere people congregate, trouble can brew. Heck, riding my bike to the Cruise one year some young idiot with Ford SVT PR threw his shoe at me...so this ranks as the only event where I've been directly accosted!
But...while I never would call myself a fan of Detroit iron...one year with a good client at his car club's party, I spent some of my most enjoyable hours ever watching this spectacle.
Bring on the Dream Cruise...I may not know anyone who's family wasn't brought here by the car industry, other than Skulker and Kathleen, of course. My grandfather was one of Henry Ford's reluctant foremen at the Rouge [[not long after those anti-union abuses, which he abhored), and my daddy was a Controller at Fisher Body-Fleetwood...passing out the paychecks.
Cheers!
rb,
It sounds like you want to disclude those designs which proved the myopia of the then Big 4...unto the utter destruction of this town. I call foul. Those vehicles are JUST as important as the so-called classics. Master of Ceremonies should ride in a lemon yellow AMC Pacer, and the Queen and her Court get to ride in the last Eldorado convertible...while the Shriners drive circles around them in battered, rusted Toyotas and Hondas.
Maybe that is how we tie the city into this...we get our locals to ride their hoopties south of 8 mile. I've seen some beauties around town.
To be a total D!@K I gotta say...This is the Motor City...This is what we do!
It's only a week long and its attended by people from all over the world. Glad its in our backyard!
Went out last week tuesday. Went last night. Might go Thurs and definately Sat!
There is a common thread to these posts...someone chimes in about a subject and then you chime in with some attempt at a clever dig in an effort to get recognition in other places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Emil
If folks want to hang out on Woodward all week, that's fine, but I don't understand what folks are actually looking at.
I was stuck in crazy rush hour traffic yesterday [[thanks to all the Dream Cruise-related closed streets) but I don't think I saw 5 classic cars in a 30 minute timespan on Woodward.
So what are all those folks in lawn chairs doing? Kinda just socializing and the like? Staring at harried rush hour commuters in their Jeeps and Hondas?
I'd like to see a group of purple AMC Gremlins making the turn at the Loop!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
When I was up in St. Ignace this past June, they were having a classic car show, and I thought it quite amusing to see a car club that was devoted to the Ford Pinto. I can't think of a worse car made by the Big Three, and here is a club dedicated to glorifying them!
It's not my thing, but as long as people are coming to this area to spend their money and have a good time I'm all for it.
My wife and I with dog in tow walked up Woodward around 9 PM last night and enjoyed it. Things go downhill as the week progresses [[i live in Ferndale 1 blcok from Woodward).
How about adding a .$0.50 tax for gasoline purchased during Dream Cruise week for the tri-county area with the money going to schools and roads. That would keep
the gawkers at home perhaps.....????
this is what Im talking about, the dream cruise is one thing... but people are sitting on the side of the road 10 days before the dream cruise watching cars go by and maybe 1 out of 100 qualifies as a "dream cruise" cruiser....Quote:
Originally Posted by Bham1982
they may as well be sitting on the side of I-75 watching traffic...... or is it just because they are sitting on a street named woodward that makes looking at soccer moms driving minivans so exciting....???
Maybe so but this same thread appears every single year. Maybe one year someone will just bump the thread from the previous year and people won't have to post their same pro or con opinion on the subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by bartock
If you can find surviving Japanese cars from the 70s, I know some shriners...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
[[saw some pintoes, vegas and even a few gremlins out in cali a while ago. not one b-210, civic or tercel from that era. remember when japanese cars actually were pieces of feces?)
Well, there was GM's answer to it, the Vega. Un-huh. The only classic within that line was the Cosworth, but only perhaps for the humor value that the GM execs thought anyone would consider that POS a racecar, let alone know who the hell Cosworth was!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitej72
As for the glorification...I'd think it was more about surviving them surviving this long that they're celebrating. The one year I went to the Cruise, one Pinto was all laden with Explosive and Flamable signs [[although isn't Inflamable the worse term, I always get those confused?!)
Cheers
I'm spit laughing at the screen right now, cannot help it. I was thinking the same damn thing as I wrote it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rb336
But, yanno, as straight man to this stand-up team, once in a while I've got to toss a slow pitch and keep my tongue firmly bitten...
Cheers!
I have long been in the "It mostly sucks" category, but as someone said, let people have their hobbies. I don't like the idea of sitting in traffic, causing pollution, and blocking the road, but whatever. I'm never up there anyway.
Paridoxically, while I don't really like it for those reasons, a big problem I have is that it doesn't actually go into the Motor City, as others have pointed out. Why?
Again, while I'm sure these are mostly good, God-fearing Americans participating, you cannot deny that this demographic of cruisers is disproportionately middle-aged white men. I have a sinking feeling this is the strongest demographic of people who boast that Detroit is a shithole full of you-know-who's and that they haven't been to the city in decades.
There isn't a great deal of retail to suffer from it from 7 Mile north and I think the Palmer Park component would be nice. I think it could also promote cross city/suburban partnership and camraderie. Not that anyone really gives a shit about that.
The Detroit Historical Museum recently had a small car show on Kirby street but a month ago and it was GREAT fun. Nothing was vandalized, and everyone had a nice time. City and suburban people interacted and got to shoot the shit about cool cars. It can be done.
Because that is where all those baby boomers trying to relive their youth cruised. The weren't cruising woodward in Detroit. It was all along that route because that was was bored suburban kids did back then. it was Gratiot north of 9 mile for the east siders.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPole
not because they are bunch of red neck racists.
Yeah, on that I call bs...if that were the case, the Cruise would be on Gratiot and Telegraph, too.
At least...
Gratiot has a cruise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
Telegraph has a cruise,as does downriver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
As Bartok and Luckycar point out...yes they do. "Cruising Gratiot" has been going on at least 10-12 years [[which is only a year or two less than the dream cruise.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
Look, just go to the Woodward cruise's website. The history of the event is all oakland county because "these locations were the turnarounds, stopping points and social hangouts for the cruisers of the era."
I am no fan of any of them. They are ridiculous and annoying. But it's not racism or a Detroit hatred behind it not going south of 8 mile.
We cruised Telegraph and hung out in Korvette's parking lot and Daly's. Both are gone with no equivalents, and Telegraph is really not friendly for viewing. There is a cruise a bit farther down Telegraph, though.
I didn't say "a" cruise...I said THE Cruise. Why's it gotta only be one venue?
They've already proven Woodward has reached maximum density...with heavy-handed police response in Royal Oak ruining the fun for many people [[I've heard too many stories for them to be not part of an overall trend, including use of their little fucking intimidation tank, paramilitary idiots-with-badges)!
Ford could do a little more on Telegraph, near their home office.
GM could do a little more on Gratiot, with a nod to their running feud with Mopar.
Chrysler can take over north Woodward...
...with them doing what they used to back in the day, only this time mixing it up with sanctioned drag races on lower Woodward...or better yet, on that part of the strip with the big cemetaries.
Again, some of the collector's items and museum pieces could be down in the Cultural Center...with concerts down in the city venues...and in Pontiac with their Arts, Beat, and Eats [[which is happening at the same time, right?!). Increased bus service could keep a bunch of folk from driving their cherished hotrods around if they don't want to stack up the miles.
But do this all at the same time, not replacing the staggered micro-cruises throughout the summer [[which are establishing themselves as tradition, too)...but really turning this weekend into a maximum-Detroit series of events. Heck, we've got more and more folks coming in from all over the world anyways...why aren't more capitalizing on it instead of just driving in a slow loop over-and-over-and-over again?!
Cheers
I always enjoying the marquee at the Magic Bag during the dream cruise. There is nothing worse than trying to work on a Friday afternoon while the vintage fire truck and ambulance run is taking place. Two and a half hours of non-stop sirens.
at Kor-vet-ties?Quote:
Originally Posted by gazhekwe
i think it would be cool if the city had the money to sponser and support the dream cruise untill it becomes so big they eventualy have other cruises going down gratiot, jefferson, fort, and grand river
Nope, Arts, Beats & Eats moved to Royal Oak 3 years ago and it's on Labor Day weekend anyway. I agree with you on having something in the city of Detroit proper. After all, it's the MOTOR CITY! Put the world on wheels and all that. Another thing to consider is the event in Flint on the same day, Back to the Bricks. It seems to be gaining in popularity too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
Mother Fucking Cruise. Christ on a bike. So you have a car, go home.
Arts Beats and Eats moved to Royal Oak last year. This year is the second excruciating year.
Unreal, some people juat aren't happy unless they have something to complain about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
There's people in from all over the country, they're spending money, they're not sleeping in a tent and cooking by a campfire.
Went to Kerby's and the Moose Preserve tonight, they were both jammed, way busier then your average Wednesday night.
The event is bringing in pretty huge dollars, absolutely is seen by others in a positive way. Everybody I see is enjoying themselves
Sorry if you don't find the crowd to be high class enough for your approval.
Thanks, I totally forgot that move...my boycott of downtown Royal Oak will have to come to an end, one of my friend's nieces is playing at the Jazz stage on Labor Day.
Too funny...I'd've driven all the way out to the Phoenix Center and wondered...LOL.
So Jesus is a cyclist. Figures.
Cheers!
We enjoyed a lovely evening eyeballing some beautiful cars on Woodward. Saw some friends, too, one couple driving a gorgeous older Corvette and another couple lounging in front of Duggan's. There was a mystery European car in great shape, but what was it. It was black with a white top, two door coupe, mid-50s or so, with three circles logo on the back, and some script writing on the front fender. We just couldn't make it out.
Most of the cruisers wouldn't be caught dead, [[no pun intended) south of 8 mile for fear of their prized cars being jacked or tampered with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
Im in the "It Sucks" Boat, and heres why...
When they first started the Dream Cruise, it was a great idea to see all the classic cars cruising down Woodward in August.
Here is my issue...
#1 You might as well forget traveling along the Dream Cruise route for about a week before the event, especially in the late afternoon and evening. For the past few years I have made the mistake of going up there and just sat there stuck in traffic.
#2 If you do decide to go to the event, there is absolutly no parking. If you do find a good parking spot, you better come early or be prepared to spend good money to park close. Then you got to fight the crowds to get a good spot to sit.
#3 Im sick and tired of the businesses along the Dream Cruise route trying to cash in and turn what should be a single day event, into an event that lasts almost 2 weeks. Beides that, we got people selling parking spots and places to sit at high prices.
#4 Im sick of the copy cat cruises. We got the Gratiot Cruise, and now the Harper Cruise. Seriously, whats next the Jefferson Cruise? As far as im concerned, these are 2 additional weekends I get to be inconvienced when driving around in these areas.
Lets get rid of the sponsorships, and the high prices and go back to what the Cruise was ment to be when it was first started and I'll start supporting it again.
As far as the cruise being extended beyond 8 mile and into downtown. There is nothing wrong with Detroit. Its the fact of the matter that the businesses in the Suburbs don't want to share in the profits with the other businesses on the other side of 8 mile.
I would personally love to sit in front of Comerica Park and participate in the cruise downtown.
I have to work at Vogue Vintage on Woodward Saturday afternoon.We always get a crowd shopping and looking at the cars as they pass by! It hurts the street parking but our customers park in back.Stop on by if your in the neighborhood.I'll be there after 3 pm!
Working with my friend today at his shop in Ferndale he mentioned his family along with a bunch of others who live in Ferndale head out for a camping trip to avoid the mess. Id want to get out of town too, but Im down with the Dream.
Excuse my ignorance... But do people really come from "all over the world" to attend the Dream Cruise? From all over Michigan, yeah, from all over the Midwest, maybe... from all over Ontario, probably. But I have been a few places in the world, yet never had someone say to me that they go to Michigan to attend the Dream Cruise. Maybe it's a generational thing...Quote:
Originally Posted by One Shot
Cruising without the drag racing is only an impotent old man without his viagra.
I just don't see the point. Most of the cherished classics were only MADE to make the competition look slower.
I know it is a celebration of cheap oil...and largely another time...but it is a party remembering when Detroit ruled the world of automobiles. Sure, it has grown enough to make reasonable people groan...for that, I blame the organizers. This should never have been about profits alone.
The parking problem could be cured by making the ONLY sanctioned parking at either end of the route...Pontiac and the Fair Grounds. Anything else would only be permitted for those who live and work and shop in the regular businesses. Literally, permitted with a paper sticker.
The cities could make their cash off the scofflaws...and much of the problem could be made gone.
People could bus or bike to where-ever they wanted...and venues along the route could have their own shuttles...greatly reducing the clutter of non-participant vehicles on the main strip.
<sigh>
But of course, this is too logical and will never be attempted.
You would be amazed at the reach of the reputation of this event. I have heard of some from Europe and the Orient shipping their prizes here at least once in their lifetimes...making Detroit a form of automotive Mecca. I kid you not.Quote:
Originally Posted by iheartthed
Cheers
Could you IMAGINE a high-stakes 'Pink Slip' sanctioned drag race on Woodward, during this event?
That would be simply amazing.
Can't forget the Motor City. Oops, wait, I guess you can.
Maybe Detroit should have a sweet bike cruise as an alternative to the Viagra-fueled nonsense north of the Baseline. Perhaps some of those handicapped scooters than often take over the road too? No pollution, and probably a lot less Dockers khakis with t-shirts tucked-in to them too. Some people in this city - white and black - have some SERIOUS bicycles.
Nice one, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPole
This year I have met and talked with people from the "former" USSR and Puerto Rico. Yep, this "event" is comparable to Mardi Gras. And like it or not, it isn't "organized". Big deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by iheartthed
With everything else in the area that doesn't work, or doesn't entice people to visit, what are a FEW of you complaining about?
Not worth arguing about this anymore.
IMO the closed minds aren't the people out "there". You want to invent a reason for why you are miserable don't bother trying to drag others into it.
Go yell at the clouds, maybe they will listen to you.
There's no maybe about it, they absolutly come from the midwest and other parts of the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by iheartthed
I've run marathons in places like Chicago and people come from all over the world to run 26 miles.
Car people are an even more fanatical group and the Dream Cruise is their Super Bowl.
Marathons, yes. But that's an entirely different animal [[and since you've run a marathon, I don't need to explain they "why"). The Detroit Free Press marathon is very external, probably attracting most of the participants from outside of the Detroit area. The Dream Cruise, on the other hand, seems very internal. I don't feel like it has much notoriety outside of Metro Detroit... Unlike, for instance, the Detroit Auto Show, which always attracts national and international media attention. The only time I ever hear about it is either through Detroit based media, or through this forum. Granted, classic cars aren't my hobby. But even people who aren't runners hear bits about the biggest marathons here and there...Quote:
Originally Posted by rjk
Big cheers on that one.
On the many marathons I've jogged, I've met people who have turned their passion into tourism, too. Each year, they seek out and try various places with decent reputations. I've done this myself, when I could afford it. But I do boycott the Detroit now, because of Homeland Security.
I'll never forget at my first Grandma's up in Duluth, we were stuck under the awning of the car dealership at the start...due a rain delay...and one older couple's reply to my innocent question, "How many have you run?", torqued my psyche when they said they had forgotten how many they'd done.
Laughingly, I am now at that point...
But yeah, this thing is huge...classic car owners are a passionate breed. The ones I know would love to have a way to put their foot into it for an appreciative crowd...but going to a drag strip is a bit of a drag.
I spent some time last year at the cruise, speaking with someone from Australia and from UK. They both had their vehicles shipped here for the cruise event and this was not the first year for either of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by iheartthed
So Im not sure your belief about the Dream Cruise being more "internal" holds much water.
I don't think you have a good read on car people. I'm not one myself, but I know many of them and they wouldn't hesitate to travel a long distance to attend an event like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by iheartthed
I just did a random search on a muscle car forum and a thread about the DC had people from as far away as the Netherlands and Germany making reservations to attend this event. Also people from Houston & San Antonio Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico to name a few, plus a lot of people from the midwest. These people on this forum were making reservations last fall. One of the people from Texas mentioned that this will be the 5th year in a row that he's attended the DC.
No way would this work. Hell people could do this already but instead chose to sit in traffic for hours on end. No one wants to bus up and down woodward, they want to drive up and down woodward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
The dream cruise problems are unsolvable. As I say above it's a car event so there are going to be cars there and people taking their cars to get there. Could it be contained a little more? It would be nice, but probably not because again people drive their cars around to get to different areas of festivities and it's a cruise after all. There's also no way that their could be less police presence. Last night people were revving their engines until midnight. At least on friday and saturday night the cops start shuttling traffic off woodward at 10pm. In a prefect world people would leave at a respectable time but they don't and they won't.
To follow what Gannon typed though. The only permit situation that I could see possibly working would be to drive in the cruise on the Saturday. That way you are not seeing a bunch of RV's and ......s in 2010 mustangs. They wouldn't even have to charge for the permits just an application with what kind of car you have. That way people with the nice cars could cruise nicely up and down the road and the rest could park and walk to the festivities. There are plenty of other roads to travel around and plenty of places to park. this way it puts the problem of getting a permit on the visitors not the residents of the area. But of course this is a whole different level of involvement by someone to deal with permited and non-permited vehicles. It's too bad people don't realize this for themselves though. How much nicer the cruise would be if it was only classic cars cruising.
I have lived a block off woodward for four years now and have attended the cruise for approximately 1 hour through all of the years. It doesn't interest me and in general is a pain in the ass for the days and weeks leading up to cruise day. And yes I knew this before I moved in. It's just one of those things that happens, that I have no control over and that I still bitch about every year.
The Woodward Dream Cruise is in full gear. From Ferndale to Pontiac. Lots of hot classic cars from 100 years of the automobile. Over 1.5 million people will attend this one day event. Started in 1995 as a small funderaiser for a new soccer field in Ferndale, the Dream Cruise lured thousands of car lovers around the world. Woodward Ave in the north central Oakland County became the classic car mecca of the world.
Who's going to the Dream Cruise? And what car are you bringing.
Took the SL on its annual swing from Nine Mile through Pontiac and back to Old Woodward, where we parked and took Shank's Mare to wander up and down Old Woodward where there was a wonderful collection of Studebakers, my fave cars ever. Saw TWO Batmobiles and Elvis. A crazy 62 Rambler Classic in primer brown with a supercharger poked up through the hood was my favorite car of the cruise. There was a solar flying saucer car, too, from WMU.
Just finished uploading my pictures from today's cruise. Thankfully, nobody was hurt that I saw from the violent storm that passed through, nor did I see any cars with damage. Enjoy.
Motor City Muscle
Nice. I think we were near where you caught that monster rod with the Caterpillar engine. That was the strangest thing I saw in this year's cruise.
Saw Mike from American Pickers along Woodward today, south of Adams! He stopped to buy a hot dog from a hot dog vendor. I took a photo of my husband with him. He said they were in town to shoot something for Chevrolet.
Cool pictures.
Sorry to be the wet blanket but I dread this weekend every year.
I walked around for a few minutes yesterday and...there was cruising but more like 1998 ford explorer cruising, idiot girls in a cavalier cruising. My favorite was the rusted out chevy lumina van pulling a row boat from the 70's! [[Maybe that display was party of Chevy 100 years theme.) Sure there was some nice cars and admittedly I am not in the epicenter, but still it would be nice just to have a nice stream of classic cars, in the appropriate lanes cruising. When will people just let the cruisers cruise? that's what annoys me about the whole thing.
Anyways, the rain seemed to kill it off in my area. If it wasn't for the helicopters flying around I wouldn't have even known it was still going on.
If you didn't get a chance Vinsetta Garage was set up like a lounge. Floors were really clean, nice plush chairs and a DJ. I'm looking forward to it becoming a restaurant! It will be very cool inside with the brick walls and concrete floor.
I have to disagree. I thought there were more classics cruising this year than I've seen in many years. Perhaps it was just the area you were in, as the Woodward/Coolidge area was probably 3/4 classics...including "modern classics," which will be the hit of the party in another 25-30 years.
Great pics, Supersport!
Why, oh why....didn't chevy put that '69 front clip on the modern Camaro?!?!?! At least the SS package should have received this treatment!
I've only been to Dream Cruise once. Thankfully I was riding shotgun in a GNX :cool:
I respectfully disagree. The Black and Gold Trans Am's of the late 70's are reaching collectable status. I watched the Mecum Muscle car Auctions on cable TV the other night, and a 78 model with 19,000 original miles sold for $23,000 dollars. These as well as late 70's Camaro Z28's are increasing in value.Quote:
Originally Posted by rb336
I was driving next to a black and gold '78 T/A on my way to work this morning. It was gorgious! Can't say so much for the guys mullet though.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid
Good god was it ever flappin' around with the T-Tops off!
I propose an anti-Cruise for all of those 70's POS's that did their part to destroy the American auto industry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannon
Mustang II, Granada/Monarch/Versailles, Chevette/Astre, Pinto, Vega, Volare/Aspen, Gremlin, Pacer, any alleged muscle car with less than 200 hp [[I'm looking at you, 301 cu in Trans Am and 1979-'84 Fox Mustang), will all have their day in the sun. All of the cars that were slow, got crappy mileage, and generally never ran right from the moment they left the showroom floor. The cars that convinced an entire generation of car buyers that nothing good comes out of Detroit.
I live near the epicenter [[13 & Woodward), also own a store on 12 Mile in Berkley. The Berkley Cruisefest party is right in front of our store, it's one of our busiest days of the year and I welcome it. I don't spend much time at the Dream Cruise anymore, but it is still a good event. The only big problem is the idiot RO police department not letting anyone east of Woodward cross after 9:00 pm. We were in Troy for dinner and it took us an hour and a hlf to get home, we had to take Main St in RO to 696, to Greenfield to get back to Berkley. The traffic was ridiculous, I don't see the point of not letting people cross Woodward, it just effs up the traffic everywhere else. But I guess the RO cops need to show their muscle.
I LIKED my Gremlin.
Classic DCruise Caddy stolen in Wixom but later found.... We do get visitors for the cruise from out of town. Owner of the Cadillac was from PA. Glad he got his car back!!
Stolen:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news...#disqus_thread
Car found:
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/...has-been-found
My dad had a Pontiac Astre, it wasnt twinned with the Chevette but with the Vega. The Chevette was twinned with the Vega. In Quebec, kids used to make fun of the Vega by calling it Dégat which means Mess in french, and the Astre was the Désastre, which I am sure you know the meaning of. I first learned to drive in style in a Plymouth Volare. My dad bought a Javelin in 1971, and design wise it was pretty neat, but what a lemon that was. There were a lot of muscle cars back in the seventies just burning rubber even in the smaller streets here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don K
Lots of woodywoodpeckers and STP, Holley and Pennzoil stickers...lol
I feel the same about disruptive events in Montreal when I get stuck in traffic but I think this event should become more publicized among car collectors worldwide and grow. It's a vital cultural link to Detroit's industrial design history.
^^^^ Yikes I owned two Chevettes. I try not to think about that. LOL!
care to share what business you own on 12 mile? wouldn't mind patronizing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tvaspen
City StyleQuote:
Originally Posted by adamjab19
Cool! I've been there before. Got a onesie for my nephew there!
Thanks, introduce yourself next time!
I've shopped there before as well. And I did see your outdoor merch that evening as we listened to the Twistin' Tarantulas. Will be sure to ask for you next time I get a chance to drop by.
Sorry we missed you!! Dave and I went through the Memorial Park exhibits around 1:30 or so Saturday afternoon as we headed up the east side of Woodward to the Chevrolet exhibit at Lincoln and Woodward. I remember seeing your coworker's car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supersport
We were already back to the Northwood Shopping Center, heading for home for our dinner break and restup, and I was snapping a few pics of the classic muscle cars [[Silver Bullet, etc.) against the storm clouds when the deluge struck. We managed to find shelter in Northwood under the covered walkway but not before getting drenched!!!
I wasn't surprised that, despite radio announcements that the Cruise was cancelled, at least in Royal Oak, that the cars and people could not be stopped and within a couple hours, Woodward was once again cruising.
All in all, another enjoyable Cruise experience!!
SSport, nice blog. Didn't realize that there was such tree damage due to the storm.
By the way, I believe this Sunday Hines Drive will be closed to all traffic except classics. From Ann Arbor Trail to Outer Drive the road won't be shared with minivans. I'll see if I can find the link for it, but it sounds like a great event.
Actually the 1st AnnualCruisin' Hines was last Sunday, August 28.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnome
http://www.donnicholson.net/cruisinhines.htm
I had hoped we could check it out, but couldn't work it out. If anyone went, I would love to hear about it.
Anyone seen this up close?
What a shame...
I have to comment on this thread even if it is a bit late. I flew from Finland to see the MoPar Nationals and the Woodward Dream Cruise as well as to see many of the historic Chrysler sites in the Detroit area. Detroit was my main goal during my 4 week visit that was automotive related pretty much 24/7.
The Dream Cruise is really nice from a Nordic viewpoint regarding the fact that there are no drunk people, it is totally family friendly, almost all cars are perfect and of course the fact that this is the Motor City, the natural environment for classic American iron. I was also happy to see a great variety of cars compared to a lot of American shows that are full of just Mustangs, Camaros and Classic Chevys.
What I didn't like was the massive amounts of cops and the fact that there wasn't much burn out action anything like that. The police presence is unreal comparing to the sunday school atmosphere. Woodward isn't really a residential street either so the cruising shouldn't bother anyone. I can see the congestion problem but if the Tupperware daily drivers would stay away the flow would be OK. I'm sure you guys would be shocked to see the big cruises on the other side of the pond with lots of folks drunk [[not good) and heavy burnout action til 4AM...and the cruising streets are full of condos...the biggest event in Sweden has over 10,000 American cars doing this in a city of 100,000 people...
I was also thinking that it is amazing how Michigan based the whole event is. There must be an unreal amount of cool cars in the area. On the other hand the event is really amazingly small to be in the US. I did see a few New York and even California plates but more than 90% of the cars seemed to be from Michigan. People here think the event is too big...I'd say it should be made a lot bigger. Chase away the daily drivers the week before, add a few [[manufacturer-specific?) huge parking lots, even if a bit away from Woodward and this thing could be totally unreal. Now it is really hard to see the cars up close even if you walk a hundred miles during the week. It would be cool to have a few huge parking spots to add to the close-up fun. Add some drag racing action nearby if possible. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the event, I'm just saying that it could be even better!
This thing should be marketed all over the world, now only the most hardcore car guys into American iron know about it and even they don't know how nice the whole Dream Cruise concept is. Add to this some guided tours to historic Automotive sites, museum visits etc etc. I spent a totally hectic week in Detroit but I wanted to stay 6 months. Maybe then I would have seen what I wanted. Detroit is amazing! I'll be back when I can afford it.
Umm...that's to prevent the spectators from getting mowed down by some old car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Forwardlook
Had a chance to meet ForwardLook when he was in town - he is an avid carguy. Got him out for a tour of the Packard Proving Grounds and invited him to a Packard Club Ice Cream Social where he heard 56Packman play a pipe organ.
Hope to see him and more of his friends from Finland when he re-visits the Motor City.
Ummm...I'm sure you must be joking...right?Quote:
Originally Posted by detroittrader
And I thank you again Sir! Didn't realize that the guy playing the organ was 56Packman though. Cool! I sent you an email a bit earlier...will be posting a great deal of pics from my trip on a car forum...Quote:
Originally Posted by Packman41
I had a 81 Shove it AND a 71 Vega. That's quite a fall from the 71 Nova SS I had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341