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What can you say about the Woodward Dream Cruise that is held annually north of Detroit during the third week of every August? It is the largest collection of classic and custom cars in the world. It is officially a one-day event on a Saturday, but over the years it has grown to nearly a full week, with the number of vehicles building up each day as Saturday approaches. Where else can you sit in your lawn chair and see a Kaiser, Henry J, Delorean, Nash, Edsel, Fraser, DeSoto, Packard, Hudson, Tucker and Studebaker pass in front of you in just a two-hour.period? Nowhere! The volume of Classic, hot rod and cuistom cars is enormous, in fact by the official day of Saturday it is gridlocked with such cars.You will see more supercharged, full-race engines that you would at a drag meet, and will likely see one of every car that you have ever owned. In addition to cars that are cruising, there are miles of such cars parked in lots and along the road so that you can inspect them and talk to their owners. It is a carnival atmosphere, with a good time being had by all.
If you are restoring a classic car (any make or model) you are very likely to find the very same make and model restored and cruising around or parked. You can visit with the owner and get valuable advice, contact info and restoration tips. It represents a monstrous gathering of classic car and custom car buffs. Over a 13-mile stretch of Woodward avenue there are perhaps 60,000 people in lawn chairs along the road watching and photographing the cruisers. It goes on each day from mid-morning until about 9 p.m., with the peak time being from 6 pm until 8 pm. Many experienced attendees prefer Thursday or Friday instead of the official Saturday date because there is more cruising and less gridlock then. It can be a great family outing to grab your lawnchairs and a cooler full of soft drinks and sandwiches and go sit next to Woodeard Avenue for 3 or 4 hours. It makes for a fine picnic. If you have never attended and the opportunity arises, you should definitely attend once.