Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 - August 15-16, 2014

[Rich W]

Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 - Saturday, August 16, 2014 (the 20th Anniversary this year)

The world's largest car show and car cruise will have another outstanding display of DeLorean automobiles
for our fourth year at the Bloomfield Hills Mercedes Benz dealership. There is no better location to display
our DeLoreans, to huge crowds of people who have such a great admiration of John Z. DeLorean and who
enjoy seeing our DeLoreans, both on display, and cruising up and down Woodward Ave. This is a multi-club
DMC event, with cars from all over the Midwest and Canada. With over 50,000 vehicles attending, both on
and next to Woodward Ave, and over a million spectators, this Cruise is THE EVENT for all gear-heads.

As with years past, we will have a few DMC POGs join us at the display, along with the POG Car (VIN...520)
which is at POG Summer Camp in Grand Rapids, MI this year (after DCS 2014), with Parts POG Chris Duvall.

Contact any of the participating DeLorean clubs for a registration form or just contact Rich Weissensel.
Check out the official Woodward Cruise website for more info: http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com

(Note: there is a special DeLorean PDF Registration Form that we can email to those interested in attending)

For more details about any DeLorean Midwest Connection club events, check out the DMC Club website
at: http://www.deloreanmidwest.com or Contact Rich Weissensel: [email protected]

Registration Note: As of DCS 2014, we already have 80% of the DeLorean Reserved parking spaces "filled", so
if you plan to attend and park with our DMC clubs, reserve your space now or very soon.

There is "cruising" all week, but the official DeLorean cruising is usually limited to Friday and Saturday.

[NightFlyer]

Count me in Rich - the Troy QAC parts car, #1798, will be there as well :thumbup:

I plan on doing much more cruising this year though :wink:

[tom kish vin. 4357]

I might try and make it

[NightFlyer]

I might try and make it

SWEET - it will be good to see Tom Kish again (and have a tow vehicle ready to assist my car when it breaks down) :thumbup:

[Rich W]

Count me in Rich - the Troy QAC parts car, #1798, will be there as well :thumbup:

I plan on doing much more cruising this year though :wink:

Hey Josh, I think Tony has you on the list already, so you should be all set.

For those of you who have not seen the POG CAR (VIN...520) in the past,
Tony Swann has made the car a bit easier to identify, even from a distance.

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We plan to cruise on Friday (with less traffic) as well as cruise on Saturday.

[NightFlyer]

Hey Josh, I think Tony has you on the list already, so you should be all set.

For those of you who have not seen the POG CAR (VIN...520) in the past,
Tony Swann has made the car a bit easier to identify, even from a distance.

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We plan to cruise on Friday (with less traffic) as well as cruise on Saturday.

Thanks Rich - you and Tony are da bomb :thumbup:

Perhaps I should get a plate that says 'PART CAR' :biggrin:

[Rich W]

Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 - Saturday, August 16, 2014 (the 20th Anniversary this year)

Registration Note: As of DCS 2014, we already have 80% of the DeLorean Reserved parking spaces "filled", so
if you plan to attend and park with our DMC clubs, reserve your space now or very soon.

There is "cruising" all week, but the official DeLorean cruising is usually limited to Friday and Saturday.

With Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 only a month away, I thought I would mention we sold out all of our reserved spaces
before July 1st, but with several more requests, we added on a few more reserved spaces for any additional DeLoreans.

I also wanted to add that the DMC clubs will be featured in a WXYZ- Channel 7 (Detroit) Woodward 2-hour special TV show
that will be broadcast the evening of the Woodward Dream Cruise, both locally and in other markets, such as Chicagoland.

[NightFlyer]

With Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 only a month away, I thought I would mention we sold out all of our reserved spaces
before July 1st, but with several more requests, we added on a few more reserved spaces for any additional DeLoreans.

I also wanted to add that the DMC clubs will be featured in a WXYZ- Channel 7 (Detroit) Woodward 2-hour special TV show
that will be broadcast the evening of the Woodward Dream Cruise, both locally and in other markets, such as Chicagoland.

Looking forward to it :thumbup:

[Rich W]

Just confirmed ... Jordan Livingston from JLP Movies will be filming our DeLoreans and our DeLorean caravans driving up and down Woodward Ave.

Those of you that have been to the past few DCS events, including last month in Dayton, OH know that Jordan has been working on his DeLorean
Documentary for quite some time now and getting some footage of DeLoreans in the Detroit area will be "icing on the cake" for this documentary.

As most of you have read here or in the past that the Woodward Dream Cruise is one of the best places to display and cruise with your DeLorean.
Jordan will be capturing the "energy" from the public in John Z. DeLorean's home town, as we display and cruise with our DeLoreans on Woodward.

All though the pre-registration deadline has come and gone for the reserved display area, there will be plenty of parking just off of Woodward Ave
and there is no registration needed if you want to "cruise" your DeLorean with our caravan of DeLoreans, both Friday evening and all day Saturday.

If you plan to join us, please send me a PM before August 14th, so I know to expect you and we can save you an "off-Woodward" parking pass.

I hope to see many of you at Woodward this year.

[Rich W]

For the Weather Nerds out there (like me), the historic flooding in the Detroit Metro area has not caused any street flooding on Woodward Ave.

Many Detroit area expressways are still under water (as much as 14ft, on parts of I-696) or under as much as 2ft of mud, once the water is gone.
This will cause significant re-routing of traffic to surface streets (like Woodward Ave), especially the "xx Mile Road" streets, from 6 Mile to 12 Mile.

We have received a couple emails from the event organizers and the Woodward Dream Cruise is ON, so we hope to see many of you on Saturday.

[Gfrank]

Sure no ones cares, but I'll make my rant as im still pissed off. Had the intentions of bringing one of both cars next year, but I assure that won't happen.
Took the Shelby this year with my dad, After a good/hot few hours getting frustrated trying to get up to Bloomfield from 9 to have a look at some d's and chat for a few moments, I'm sent away due to not having a pass. Now I understand the passes etc, but at about 10 to 5 in the afternoon when it's half packed up ,all of 8-9 delorean's left parked, and a half empty lot, I think an owner should be allowed to park for 10mins to take a walk around (hell I know I did last year sorta 7pm) All that aside the guy at the gate dosent have to be a complete ass hole about it.

Maybe it's the heat and I'm already frustrated, but really pissed me off. End rant

[Jonathan]

Anyone happen to catch Verlander touring around? I didn't know he was big into cars. His paycheck tends to allow him some interests most of us won't be getting though.

http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/08/16/89957272/justin-verlander-likes-classic-cars-so-much-he-got-stuck-in-traffic-on-purpose-literally

http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/02/22/68075532/photo-tour-justin-verlander-luxury-car-collection

The Tigers are home to the Mariners this weekend and it sounds like he was out touring around in his... yeah, Lambo :)

[Rich W]

Sure no ones cares, but I'll make my rant as im still pissed off. Had the intentions of bringing one of both cars next year, but I assure that won't happen.
Took the Shelby this year with my dad, After a good/hot few hours getting frustrated trying to get up to Bloomfield from 9 to have a look at some d's and chat for a few moments, I'm sent away due to not having a pass. Now I understand the passes etc, but at about 10 to 5 in the afternoon when it's half packed up ,all of 8-9 delorean's left parked, and a half empty lot, I think an owner should be allowed to park for 10mins to take a walk around (hell I know I did last year sorta 7pm) All that aside the guy at the gate dosent have to be a complete ass hole about it.

Maybe it's the heat and I'm already frustrated, but really pissed me off. End rant

In general, we had some early morning hassles as well with the parking volunteers, which I could certainly rant about too, but I will save that for another time.

Timing is everything and most volunteers are worth what they get paid, which is nothing. The official event parking time is 9am to 5pm and you happened to arrive
when some of the volunteers were already asking those of us who were parked there all day (and standing by our cars) to make sure we leave the lot by 5pm.

I saw the light rain on the radar (on my iPhone), so I started packing up the D Rex right after I was reminded about the 5pm "End of Day" time limit in the lot.
Others were not near their cars between 4:30pm and 5pm, and thus not reminded, and most of them ended up staying much later, with no reported hassles.

So, the moral of the story is to RSVP to our group, so we can either reserve a space or hold a space placard for you, and all you need to do is to drive by the display
and pick up the placard (so you have it in hand, before you reach the entrance with the volunteers). Placard on mirror or in hand, no problem. (we had extras)

It's also best not to try to drive in the lot at "closing time", since they may have still sent you away at 4:50pm with a 5pm closing time.
An email or phone RSVP would have confirmed the "official lot times", so some of the hassles could have been avoided. (some, not all)

Back to posting event photos.

[Rich W]

Back to posting event photos.

Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 - Event Photos (in front of the Bloomfield Hills Mercedes Benz dealership)

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[Rich W]

Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 - Event Photos with JLP Movies filming our caravans from a white Ford F350 (thanks Mike) and a dark gray Highlander SUV (thanks Cindy).

A big thanks to the Film Crew (Jordan Livingston and Mary Ann Bennett) and our Film Vehicle drivers Mike, John and Cindy. Weather was near perfect for the cruise too.

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[Rich W]

Tri-Level Departure photo from the hotel parking lot, after the Woodward Dream Cruise 2014.

The opportunity presented itself and I got a picture in my head...a picture of this...

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The D Rex (trailered), Bill Schafer's car (trailered) and Tony Swann's Stage II car (driven).

[Domi]

Thanks for sharing your pictures ;)

[Rich W]

A few articles about DeLoreans and the Woodward Dream Cruise 2014:

http://www.candgnews.com/news/dream-cruise-celebrates-20-years-without-pomp

http://www.tflcar.com/2014/08/woodward-dream-cruise-2014-wrap-up-hellcats-and-deloreans/

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/thousands-classic-cars-hit-woodward-avenue-dream-cruise-n181911 (JZD mentioned)

[Rich W]

Looking for more Woodward photos? ... See the link below.

Check out the "Living the Dream" FB page, with some great POV photos of Jordan and crew filming our DeLorean caravans on Woodward Ave.

https://www.facebook.com/DeLoreanMovie

Thanks again to Jordan Livingston and JLP Movies (and crew) for filming our DeLoreans at the 20th Anniversary Wooward Dream Cruise this year.

Thanks again to the crew: Mary Ann Bennett, assisting Jordan all weekend, and the Camera Truck and Camera SUV drivers; Mike, John and Cindy.

[Rich W]

From the Detroit News photo archive ...

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/multimedia/index.php?search=Delorean

Photos of DeLoreans on Woodward Ave and other DeLorean related topics.


Other DeLorean related Woodward Dream Cruise 2014 links below:

http://www.revvolution.com/blog/2014/08/one-hell-of-a-show-woodward-dream-cruise

http://thecarchat.net/2014/08/

http://ronlundmark.wordpress.com/ (Woodward Blog that mentions 10 DeLoreans)

[NightFlyer]

Thanks for sharing all the great links Rich!

Here's a really nice pic of my sister and I cruising Woodward in my car that a spectator took and posted to instagram:

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=30183&d=1408553655

And another one found in your link to the Detroit News....

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=30230&d=1408771754