{"id":118396,"date":"2017-08-20T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=118396"},"modified":"2017-08-21T08:40:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T12:40:31","slug":"dream-cruise-muscles-up-on-the-fun-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2017\/08\/dream-cruise-muscles-up-on-the-fun-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Cruise Muscles Up on the Fun Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not a fresh accident on Woodward, but an upside down van driving backwards looking to do yard work. (Photo credit: Brendan Strong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Annually more than 1 million motor heads, car nuts, nostalgic souls and simple car fans descend upon the Motor City to take part in the Dream Cruise.<\/p>\n

The cruise, which features America\u2019s classic muscle cars \u2014 and future classics \u2014\u00a0rumbling up and down Woodward Avenue, which is one of metro Detroit\u2019s primary thoroughfares, for all the enjoy.<\/p>\n

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We're Cruising!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, what appears to qualify as a \u201cclassic muscle car\u201d is different from person to person. And while that may ruffle the feathers of a few purists, most don\u2019t seem to mind too much taking it all in stride.<\/p>\n

However, one thing is clear, the \u201cnon-qualifiers\u201d often have a brilliant sense of fun. Spending a few hours chugging along Woodward yesterday gave Dream Cruisers a chance to see that on display in spades.<\/p>\n

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Scooby checks out the cruisers from The Mystery Machine during the 2017 Dream Cruise. (Photo credit: Brendan Strong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Dream On! Woodward Dream Cruise brings back memories. <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

While there were no less than three DeLoreans making the loop, gull wing doors open, looking like stainless-steel condors. Perhaps most importantly, at least one did manage to have Doc Brown behind the wheel as it was converted to look just like the time machine in \u201cBack to The Future.\u201d For the uninitiated, he\u2019s the guy with the huge that built the time machine out of the DeLorean.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the wackiest vehicle on the road was a mid-\u201980s Chevy cargo van that looks like it flipped upside down, but upon further inspection \u2013\u00a0meaning as it cruised on by upside down and backward \u2013 it immediately drew jaw-dropping stares and then laughter.<\/p>\n

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If you're at the Dream Cruise and you see the General Lee that means the Duke boys are around ...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s one of the funniest things I\u2019ve seen in a long time,\u201d said Ken Schmidt from Peoria, Illinois. It was his first Dream Cruise and \u201cit\u2019s stuff like that really makes it enjoyable. I love all the American muscle, but the idea behind these cars is that they were fun, and that upside-down van just kind of makes that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Hippies rejoice!\u00a0<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to check out the new, battery-powered VW I.D. Microbus.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rarely did it take too long to find other examples of hard work all completed in the name of frivolity and humor.<\/p>\n

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... Boss Hogg won't be far behind to accuse them of something illegal! (Photo credit: Brendan Strong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Scooby Doo could be seen hanging out of The Mystery Machine, a giant almost Mad Max looking heavy duty truck used two ferris wheel seats as its rear seating so you can catch a ride in a ride, and even The General Lee of \u201cThe Dukes of Hazard\u201d fame hit Woodward with Boss Hogg\u2019s white convertible Cadillac festooned with horns from a longhorn bull not far behind.<\/p>\n

In short, the event is supposed to be fun, and it could be found everywhere in large and small ways. A rat rod complete with the weathered paint and oxidized sheet metal featured the \u201coriginal\u201d signage on the door: Motor City Auto Spa and it\u2019s paint protection solutions. A solution clearly never used on that car.<\/p>\n

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James P. Sullivan, or Sully as he's known to his friends at Monsters Inc. clearly knows how to have fun at the Dream Cruise. (Photo credit: Brendan Strong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Daimler offers a hint of its ultra-luxurious future with the Mercedes-Maybach Vision 6 Cabriolet.\u00a0<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to check it out.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The fun wasn\u2019t limited to just modifiers of metal. Hordes of folks lined each side of the street \u2013 and where it was legal, the median \u2013\u00a0to enjoy the spectacle of rumbling engines, burnouts and amazing paint jobs. Heck, even James P. Sullivan showed up to take it all in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not everything rolling down Woodward Avenue during the Dream Cruise is a classic muscle car, but many are plenty of fun. Check it out at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":118395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118396"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=118396"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=118396"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=118396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}