The most interesting thing is that they used to try and drive all these guys
off. They ticketed them so much they drove them off of Woodward, then they
moved to Rouge Parkway (late 70's). There they did everything in their power to
get rid of them. Now they actively encourage them because they spend money.
Such is the economics of SE Michigan these days, I guess.
In the 50's we cruised the Big Boy on N. Woodward, probably you could see more
street rods in their parking lot than anyplace else in the country. In the 60's
the factories had their experimental engines racing the hot rods on N.
Woodward. I mentioned the 70's above. In the 80's you hardly dared drive a hot
car. I left Michigan and don''t know about the 90's, but from Paul's reports
they started actually encouraging the car nuts to come and hang out on N.
Woodward. How's that for a 50 year history of cruising North Woodward in a
nutshell?
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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Paul Stenquist wrote:
Yesterday was the culmination of more than a month of activity and great
cars on Detroit's Woodward Avenue. The eleventh annual Dream Cruise
played to intermittent showers, which held the cruisers and crowd down
to a reported 40,000 and 1.1 million respectively. Nevertheless, it was
a great time, and the misty light was nice for some casual photography.
I wandered around with what has become my walkaround pair -- the DA
16-45 and DA 50-200. I've uploaded a couple shots I processed this
morning. The first is a car built in Indiana. Being friendly folk here
in Michigan, we don't discriminate against those Hoosier hot rods. The
driver of the second car managed to get the front wheels up despite
having what appears to be a two-stroke, ring-a-ding-ding motor -- as
evidenced by the ample exhaust smoke. Here they are:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3654514
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3654520
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