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Pervert Charged With Taking Upskirts At Woodward Dream Cruise
With a million-plus people showing up for the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise, you know there's bound to be at least one pervert, and that pervert's name is Michael S. Searle. For those of you who thought our Women of Woodward post was something, Searle actually went around with a camera in a bag, equipped with some kind of remote lens device, trying to look up women's shirts and skirts. Shockingly, the women who noticed had a problem with it and got the cops involved. Searle is on bond awaiting prosecution; the fact that he's from Ohio almost makes this a non-story. [ClickOnDetroit] -
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The Sports Cars And Exotics Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise
We've mentioned already the Woodward Dream Cruise attracts all types of cars. In addition to locally-brewed sports car stars like the Chevy Corvette in every imaginable model and engine flavor, and a couple of Dodge Viper ACRs, we're also talking about rarified objects hailing from Italy, Germany and Great Britain costing more than your house. Exotic cars are definitely few and far between on Woodward, but we snapped a smattering of high-buck machinery — and some lower-buck but still just as special — idling alongside the Detroit iron this past Saturday at the 2008 running of the cruisers.
4:30 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Andrew Stoy
2,194 views, 18 commentsLatest by Accordforall: HmmmNovaloadMissesPolar... He's not the only one who just looked at the manta and thought + Watch video I swear.. I like Vetes more »
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The Hot Rods Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise
We've given you the muscle and the customs of the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise. Now it's time for the hot rods. — Ed.
Metal-flake, flames, chrome wheels or just plain flat-black, the appeal of hot rods stretches across generations. The Woodward Dream Cruise brings 'em out in droves, so here are just a few of of the chopped, channeled and shaved rat rods and T-buckets we saw on the Avenue over the weekend.
4:00 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Andrew Stoy
1,883 views, 22 commentsLatest by bygeorge: @Turboner: Maybe my love of all things 'Vair overcomes my dread of all things "Dub", but I really love this more »
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The Custom Cars Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise
We started with the Muscle and now we're taking you to another end of the spectrum of the cult of cars at the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise, the Customs. — Ed.
Yeah, we're just gonna be generous and lump everything that's been given a custom job into this category. Our friend with the custom Nova kit car would fit in here, for example, and he'd have plenty of good company. From stretched Corvettes to metal-flake paint-shop horrors, some of the most imaginative cars on Woodward came not from car factories but from the minds of individuals working quietly in garages year in and year out. Click through for the gallery below and judge for yourself.
3:30 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Andrew Stoy
2,100 views, 11 commentsLatest by v8corvairpickup: Love the Vair, but aside from being lowered...how is it custom? more »
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The Muscle Cars Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise
One day, 40,000 cars and over a million people spread out on a ten mile stretch of Woodward Avenue in Metro Detroit. Yeah, the sheer size of the Woodward Dream Cruise is hard to express unless you've actually been there. Luckily, one good way's through photos, so here's our first of a series of round-up galleries we'll be running this afternoon showing off the best of the metal from Saturday on Woodward. First up are the muscle cars. — Ed.
Otherwise-sedate midsize American sedans and coupes with massive engines stuffed under the hood: That's the recipe for a muscle car, and it's the bread n' butter of the Woodward Dream Cruise. Muscle machines are out in force every year, with the Detroit three well-represented, along with independents and oddball makes (and we're lumping the "pony cars" in here too). What doesn't change is the police presence keeping these monsters from frying the treads at every stoplight. Oh well — they're still fun to look at even without turning their tires to smoke, so be sure to click through our full gallery to see the classic and modern muscular machines found at the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise.
3:00 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Andrew Stoy
5,707 views, 25 commentsLatest by FadedSpark: @JB_Finesse: Yea, the chevelle was a big awesome from me, but I kept looking for the novas... Someone I know more »
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DeLoreans With Doors Up Parade Down Woodward
Many car clubs converge at the Woodward Dream Cruise, but none are quite as impressive rolling down the strip as the DeLorean DMC-12 owners. Not only do they blind onlookers with their glaring stainless-steel body panels, but they also show off their totally rad gullwing doors by driving in formation up and down Woodward with the doors in attack position. -
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Woodward Isn't The Best Place For A Turbo Buick Burnout
This guy in his Buick Grand National at the Woodward Dream Cruise clearly hasn't seen our How To Do A Burnout video. If he had, he would've known to pick a better location — one where he wouldn't get in trouble. Then again, maybe that friendly person in the uniform was just giving him kudos. Either way, he seems to have the rest of the steps down pretty well. -
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Are You Concours, Dream Cruise Or Sonic Parking Lot?
As you may have noticed, we divided our time this weekend between the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise and the Monterey Historics. Both events are full of the kind of people who love cars, though the people themselves are often as different as a 1967 Mazda Cosmo 110S and a 427 Cobra Limo. The greatness of our car culture comes from the variety of our interests, backgrounds and ideas. And while we celebrate this oil-stained plurality, we understand that your ideal car show may not be our ideal car car show. So, what is your ideal car show? More » -
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Community College-Built 550 HP Ford Five Hundred Wrecked Returning From Dream Cruise
In a sad follow-up to a story we brought you during our 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise coverage, the Ford GT-powered Ford Five Hundred built by Washtenaw Community College students was involved in an accident returning home from the Saturday event. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but newspaper reports of the incident state that the trailer containing the Five Hundred and a motorcycle swerved out of control and flipped, requiring both vehicles to be "cut from the trailer." To WCC and the entire automotive community, we mourn your loss today. Perhaps a GT500KR-powered Focus project would make you feel better. [MLive; Thanks, Mike the Dog]
