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Porsche Touring. Chevrolet Corvette C8. McLaren LT. Sean House: The car show got bigger every year. By the third one, it stretched west across Woodward. This guy Nelson House was trying to put something together to raise money for a soccer field.
It was the middle of winter. The first meeting was on the second floor of a bank at Nine Mile and Woodward, and we just showed up. Now what? It said Remember Woodward Dream Cruise. We used to divide the revenue from T-shirts and whatnot by the footage of curb on Woodward in each city. For the most part, people were made pretty much whole for their expenses.
Bill Stedman: I grew up in Detroit. It seemed like a cool thing for the oldies station in town to get connected with. Jim Ellison: Really, it was one of the first times there was inter-municipal cooperation. With things like crowd control and event management, we were learning along the way.
Venetta House: Because Nelson had no experience or degree, a committee was formed. It was getting big. It did take a lot of his time. But it's a little sad they didn't include him in the committee. Jim Ellison: We carried the idea for nine months. It was a good idea. Making contacts, dealing with WOMC. He wanted to do his car show. Venetta House: He did the Ferndale show for three years. Then he took the show to the State Fairgrounds for a year. Then he was out of the picture.
Venetta House: He stopped going to the Dream Cruise because his feelings were hurt for a while. A few people, including Nelson House, expected bigger things than the committee.
House told the Royal Oak Tribune that "I can envision the streets lined from Ferndale to Pontiac," though he was probably speaking long-term, since Pontiac and the Bloomfields weren't initially included. We want to make it successful. Jean Spang, 81, Ferndale. The best car I ever had was a Mustang, and we drove that in — myself and my husband, Lothar. That car could corner better than any car I ever had. John Cochrain: All the cars from our car club were there.
Everybody had a good time. Everybody sat around, had a cold drink and watched the traffic go by. There was a lot more water on the pavement back then. Bad idea. A kid with a newer model car, Monte Carlo or something, he got the tires screaming. Well, eventually the tires grip. Jim Ellison: I am a strong proponent of family vans on Woodward. Participation is important, and that's one of the things that makes it special.
If you turn it into an event where the have-nots are on the sideline, the have-nots are going to get bored watching the haves. Mike Russo, 44, Lincoln Park.
I had a Dodge Omni, light blue. It was probably even ugly for an Omni. But it was the oldest car any of us had, so we decided that made it the closest to a classic. A Lincoln, maybe. He rolls down the window and says, "What year is that piece of hell? And he says, "If it lasts 10 more years, bring it back.
But for now, you should get it off the street. Me and my marketing team thought that was brilliant. Certain other people said it was obnoxious. We were back at the radio station stapling signs onto stakes until 1 a. We had a. There was an assembly line back in the transmitter room in fashionable Ferndale. We made hundreds of them. Hundreds and hundreds. Jim Ellison: No controversy.
No major incidents. Scott Moore: Can you imagine anywhere else in the world where you sit in a lawn chair all day and watch traffic? Pamela Wilcox, 55, Royal Oak. Lived on Larkmoor Blvd. I think we found out about it two days before. We just told our friends, "C'mon over. We can go out on Woodward and see these cars going by.
There was no time limit. It went forever. I was not that type of laundry person. But somebody brought it because we were pouring it onto the street out of a bucket. It was like a license to be crazy as an adult. Jack Ryan, 70, Canton Township. They had cars parked all 'round the park. It was GTO Central.
This rent-a-cop wouldn't let me in. The guy was going to show me how important he was. Ben Speer, 64, Plymouth. A guy said, let me put some paint on it. Bright canary yellow.
He said, "Can I do some flames? Do what you want. We played in Birmingham, and percent we went cruising. Last summer, the president of a car club called Memories in Motion tracked the Chevy down. Someone in Brighton restored it and sold it to a girl in North Carolina. She was so impressed with the history of the car — that it had been at the first Woodward Dream Cruise — that she asked me to sign some photos.
She keeps them on the dash at car shows. Kathy Ryan, 65, Canton Township. Married to Jack Ryan for 39 years. It was an automatic; I can't drive sticks. After the show, I said, "I have to drive down Woodward for at least a mile or so. It barely got a block before it overheated. I pulled off on a side street, and in half an hour it was OK. I was concerned about trying to get a tow truck in there.
That would have been awful. Brad Jackson, 51, Rochester. He and his wife Beth, 52, were living in Beverly Hills: We went to a wedding later in the day and then got stuck in traffic for hours coming home because this thing called the Woodward Cruise was still going on. Check out these top Detroit restaurants for your dinner. As the metropolitan area around Detroit grew, adding more and more car dealerships, garages, and parts suppliers, the stretch of concrete became a haven for the hottest vehicles around.
Jump ahead nearly 40 years: The neighborhood of Ferndale is in need of funds to build a community soccer field for local children. Plumber Nelson House, the mayor, and some volunteers have the idea to hold a fundraising cruise. The event — held on Aug.
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