SHOW COVERAGE & EVENTS
CRUISIN’ WOODWARD
Fox cars represent during the Motor City’s annual
celebration of the automobile
story and photography by Barry Kluczyk
A
ugust in Detroit means one thing: the Woodward Dream Cruise.
It’s a tradition stretching back to 1994 when the last Fox-bodies
were only one-year-old used cars and a ’79 Pace Car was only
fifteen years old. The cruise officially takes place on the third Saturday
of each August, but the activities have expanded to include the days
leading up to it. It’s what the locals call “Woodward Week,” and it’s
nearly a holiday in the Motor City, with automotive-related companies
hosting parties, supporting car shows, and more.
The cruise route stretches sixteen miles and cuts through many
municipalities. Ferndale, the cruise’s southern anchor city, is Ford’s
traditional staging area for the event. The Blue Oval folks take several
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blocks off Woodward and partner with the Mustang Owners Club
of Southeast Michigan to host “Mustang Alley.” It’s one of the largest
Mustang gatherings in the Midwest and just a small slice of the entire
Woodward Dream Cruise pie — that is, if you think perhaps 750
Mustangs is a “small” slice. Then again, the cruise attracts more than
one million spectators and literally tens of thousands of classics, hot
rods, muscle cars, and late-model performance cars of all types.
If you’ve never seen sixteen miles’ worth of cars and people, you owe
it to yourself to make the journey to the Woodward Dream Cruise at
least once. Next August will be here before you know it. Plan now. And
make the Ford display/Mustang Alley a must-do destination.