Woodward Dream Cruise.......and Mustang Memories show

Mcdavis

King of the road trip
Yes we love going to the Dream Cruise, have done it a number of times over the years. We lived in Detroit from 1999-2002 so know it well. Last came two years ago, enjoyed the build-up and the cruising on Thurs and Fri, then parked on Mustang Alley for the main event on the Saturday, and watched the fun.

For those that don’t know, it is the largest moving car show in the World. They estimate 50,000 vehicles and 1 million people. Basically a number of miles of Woodward Avenue, 3 lanes in each direction, becomes a slow moving display one Saturday each August. All along the route you get vendors, cars show, car clubs taking over parking lots, manufacturers having stands etc etc and of course people watching.

See http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/ for more details, a real bucket list item. There are also various things happening on the couple of days before as well. So we have often found it best to cruise on the Friday when the traffic moves better and then spectate on the Saturday.

Also on the day after, the Sunday, at Ford WHQ is Mustang Memories, a massive Mustang show, More than 1,000 vehicles, vendors etc. We volunteered as judges in 2017 and are back as judges again this year. A great way to get involved and poke around people’s cars!

Pictures to come during the trip, stay tuned.
 

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Ok, so the Woodward Dream Cruise (WDC) is not until Saturday....... we were out and about on Woodward Avenue today, Wed, and there were people watching at various points, plus we cam across 5 or 6 impromptu car shows, and even some organized ones.

Out and about cruising this evening, there were 100s of cars out from Rat rods to Muscle cars to Hot rods to Super Cars (saw a McLaren, and a couple of Lambos), and a lot of very loud engines!! Lots of Mustangs of course.

A few photos from today. You will spot my car in the background on a couple of the shots. There was even a Bricklin.

It really is quite a spectacle..... more to come.
 

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In years past we would always head up to the loop in Pontiac, usually there would be some action with burnouts and such.

Local law enforcement is pretty tolerant of hoonigan actions for the day, to an extent.

I haven't been since 2007 or so, started back in '99 I believe.

Amazing event, but its tough to drive and watch so much going on, and its a bumper to bumper crawl most of the way.
 
SVT4MT;n32948 said:
In years past we would always head up to the loop in Pontiac, usually there would be some action with burnouts and such.

Local law enforcement is pretty tolerant of hoonigan actions for the day, to an extent.

I haven't been since 2007 or so, started back in '99 I believe.

Amazing event, but its tough to drive and watch so much going on, and its a bumper to bumper crawl most of the way.

That is why we tend to Cruise a lot in the days before when you can actually drive, then park and watch on the day itself.
 
Out and about around the area today, cleaning up the car, cruising Woodward, buying Dream Cruise T-shirts etc!! Before meeting some friends for Dinner.

Some photos from today.
 

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Friday before the Woodward Dream Cruise and some examples of the diverse array of vehicles that are here.
 

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