Michigan legislative action thread
Posted on 08/13/2015 10:00:20 AM PDT by cripplecreek
DETROIT, MI - Engines are roaring, cool cars are cruising and people from Ortonville to Sterling Heights and beyond are already lining Woodward Avenue for Saturday's 2015 Woodward Dream Cruise, billed as the world's largest one-day auto event.
Some people are coming just for a few hours at a time to see the sights and sounds, others are even selling their own cruisers.
Vinnie Garafalo has his 1967 Ford Galaxie convertible parked along Woodward near a gas station in Royal Oak, where he and a group of others known as the "No Name Car Club" are taking in the scene.
Garafalo has taken the Galaxie to the last two Dream Cruises, though he may not be taking it to a third.
"I'm selling it for $14,500," he said Wednesday afternoon. He said he just rebuilt the engine, a V-8 390 Thunderbird motor which now has about 3,000 miles on it. Garafalo said he also recently put in a new transmission, new brakes, new drums and new wheel cylinders.
His Galaxie joins several other cars spotted along the route with "for sale" signs on them."
So, if he sells it, does he plan to get another car?
"Don't laugh. I want to buy a brand-new Mustang convertible," he said.
Dave Brock, of Ortonville, has a 1979 Chevy Corvette, though it's not for sale and he opted not to bring it to the Dream Cruise.
"I used to bring my Corvette but I've had a couple close calls here," he said of the potential damage that comes with some 40,000 cars descending on the Woodward corridor.
Brock and Garafalo were among dozens of spectators – 1.5 million people are expected Saturday – that were already out Wednesday with lawn chairs to take in the atmosphere.
"This always draws me," Brock said. "I've been to every Dream Cruise except the first one because I didn't know about it."
The Dream Cruise began as a small fundraiser in 1995 that attracted about 250,000 people.
The 2015 Dream Cruise is Saturday, but a full slate of events has been planned throughout the week, much of which can be found here: 2015 Guide to the Woodward Dream Cruise.
A couple friends and I will have dinner early evening tomorrow at Sign of the Beef Carver in Royal Oak. Free parking for customers and it’s right on Woodward.
Cars.
So what is the “Woodward Dream Cruise” all about? Is it a race? A car show where people are looking to display or sell their cars? Do they drive down the whole length of Woodward Ave.?
They cruise the strip, show off their cars, sell them etc.
Cragars were the thing back in the day.
I had some on my 73 Montego but they were too much hassle so I traded them for some aluminum mags.
Got dirty too easy, hard to clean?
Yeah, you didn’t want to leave them on in the winter. If you got new tires whoever mounted them needed to know what they were doing etc. Just an all around hassle.
The aluminum wheels I got were simple. They didn’t rust and if you had oxidation you could take an SOS pad to it and make it go away etc.
All that’s missing is Keener 13
The coolest, definitely. The best? Definitely not.
Like a boat, the two happiest days in a Cragar owners life are the day he buys them and the day he sells them.
Thanks.
Matt 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
I’m thinking mebbe Matthew had Cragars on his chariot. I’ll pass on them/
It's a car cruise comprised of classic car owners.......
Is it a race?
NO
A car show where people are looking to display or sell their cars?
Yes and no, the participants are there to display their cars but many are available for sale........
Do they drive down the whole length of Woodward Ave.?
Some do, some don't but the entire route is now approx. 27 miles from Detroit's 8 mile road to Pontiac........
My bucket list is doing that with my ‘64 Ford Country Squire and a Larson All American.
And hearing Byron McGregor recite “the CKLW, 20/20 News”.
Long gone...[sigh]
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