Dreamy day to cruise Woodward
Sunny, and cool, Saturday was a perfect day for a leisurely drive or a family picnic.
So more than a million people and 30,000 or so cherished cars combined the two for the 13th Woodward Dream Cruise.
From Pontiac to Detroit, the 16-mile route was lined with lawn chairs, coolers and multi-generational families admiring classic cars from every decade over the last 100 years, barbecuing and relaxing.
[via Detroit Free Press]
Dream Cruise view from the Goodyear Blimp
Im 1,000 feet in the clear sky, sitting directly behind the pilot of the Goodyear Blimp. And let me tell you: Im never again covering the Dream Cruise any other way.
[via Detroit Free Press]
Cruisers: DeLoreans not just for time travel
Sandor Piszar loves his DeLorean car - the same car that served as a time machine in the 1985 film “Back to the Future.”
A dozen cars in the car club and their owners will be out at today’s Woodward Dream Cruise, parked along Woodward between 12 Mile and 13 Mile roads.
The group is revved up about the news that the DeLorean Motor Co. - a Houston-based DeLorean restoration shop - is making plans to produce up to 20 vehicles a year.
[via Oakland Press]
The Stuff the Dream Cruise Is Made Of
The annual Dream Cruise up Woodward Avenue north of Detroit has morphed from a single-day charity event into a weeklong marketing extraganza, as Mary M. Chapman explained in The Times earlier this month.
More than a million people are attending this week, with 40,000 classic cars on display.
[via New York Times]
2007 Woodward Dream Cruise, Part I
Okay, non-Detroiters, listen up. You’re about to learn about what may be the world’s greatest gathering of cars. Already know about it? It’s easily the largest, but that doesn’t make it the best.
What makes it best is the event’s Detroit attitude. This town knows cars. Its people love cars. ;Spend an afternoon on Woodward Avenue the third Saturday in August and you’ll see what we mean. If you couldn’t be on The Avenue this Saturday August 18, read on for our take it’ll be just like you were here.
[via TheCarConnection.com]
Too bad they refer to Detroit as a “bombed out” shell. Apparently they haven’t been here since the 1967 riots. This city isn’t pristine, but it’s more than presentable. Lots of big cities have problems, and we are a big city. We still have a lot of pride and Detroit is on the comeback trail to world-class cars.
Hey - Wasn’t Grizzel’s 72 Cutlass a “442″ and not a “422″? My recollection was that the 442 stood for 4-bbl carb, four on the floor and dual exhaust. Anyone else this old?
Stan
Sorry Stan. I’m not.
Martin: I hate seeing lazy journalists trot out the same old, no longer true stereotypes about cities like Detroit.