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Berkley's Custom Police Cruiser, a 1991 Chevrolet Caprice complete with a 502-CID V8 and flames, donated by a group of residents for use in the Woodward Dream Cruise.. The Woodward Dream Cruise is the world's largest one-day automotive event, drawing about 1.5 million people and 40,000 cars, trucks, motorcycles, and supercars - both classic and modern - each year from around the globe. [3]
Cruisin' Downriver is an unofficial annual event which takes place through several Detroit downriver communities and inspired by the Woodward Dream Cruise. People with vintage, classic, tricked-out, or otherwise interesting cars cruise through the main thoroughfare of Fort St M-85 to crowds of spectators lining Fort St. The Downriver Cruise ...
Cruisin' Downriver is an annual car show and cruise that takes place on M-85/Fort St. in the Downriver cities of Southgate, Riverview, Wyandotte and Lincoln Park. It has run yearly since 2000, with people bringing their vintage cars to be seen and heard. There are also places to eat, drink, and shop along the route. [6]
There are two main types of cruise: regular cruises, also known as meets, and one-off cruises. The events that take place are similar; cars meet in car parks , park up or cruise (drive slowly) around the car park while people socialise – often meeting people from cruise websites, show off their cars and admire others' cars.
The first Metro Cruise in 2005 experienced 85,000 visitors and 15,000 vehicles participating in one day. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] In 2007, the cruise was expanded to two days of events and the prohibition of burnouts was strictly enforced following the Selmer, Tennessee burnout tragedy , when 6 were killed and 20 injured after a funny car crashed into a ...
“I used to go to the Dream Cruise during the early 2000s and I would see all of these cars, and then I got mad one time and I said: ‘I don’t want to be just the guy looking at them, I want ...
Detroit Judge Ira W. Jayne piloting a Scootaboat on Boblo Island in 1958. Boblo's Scootaboats, which were very similar to well known Bumper Cars, were a popular ride. The cars operated by drawing power from an overhead electric grid unlike the Bumper Boats in use today. Beginning in 1952, Joe Short, a man of diminutive physical stature, was ...
Still Cruising After All These Years. Anytime is a good time to take a road trip in search of classic cars, car shows, and car museums. Whether you want to see Elvis Presley's Cadillac, learn ...