96 photos of Woodward Dream Cruise through the years

Classic and muscle cars were on display and cruising along Woodward Avenue Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Pontiac during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

"This is a party bus" says Maureen Strasser of Pontiac. The 1973 bus has been to Daytona, Woodstock 94, and Sunday will be at the NASCAR races in Brooklyn. They had the best view of the cruise, parked alongside Woodward at 13mile, a spot they secured in the early morning hours of August 16, 1997.

Davie Love looks over a 1940 Buick with his children Malcolm, 2, Davie, 4, and Desiree, 6, at the State Fair grounds on August 15, 1998.

Jeff Kuyendall, his father Les Kuykendall and sister Sara Kuykendall watch the classic cars drive down Woodward during the Woodward Dream Cruise in Ferndale on August 15, 1998.

Martin Decker, from Center Line, eats an egg sandwich after frying it behind two Chevy Chevelles along Woodward Avenue on Aug. 21, 1999 at the Woodward Dream Cruise.

The eyes of a vintage Camaro z28 looks on during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 15, 2009, in Royal Oak.

Night falls during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 15, 2009, in Royal Oak.

Auto shop classes at Warren Mott High have restored about 20 vintage cars and racers as class projects during the last 20 years and formed a club known at "The Mott Rodders" seen here on Wednesday August 8, 2001.

Mona Lisa watches the rolling works of art as Dream Cruisers make their way north on Woodward Avenue past Art Craft art supply store Saturday morning during the annual Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 18, 2001.

Jesse Magee waves fuzzy dice for sale as cars make their way south on Woodward Avenue at Ravenna Avenue in Royal Oak Saturday morning during the annual Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 18, 2001. Magee and others were selling the dice for two dollars to benefit the Oakland County Food Bank and hoped to sell 1,000 pairs to the cruisers.

Quinn Rathgeber, 4, from Livonia, sits in his wagon Saturday afternoon beside a 1963-1/2 Mercury Marauder S-55 406 Super Marauder owned by Kirk Dillery, from Battle Creek during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 18, 2001. The young lad was watching musicians nearby as he waited to be pulled to the next car on Bates in Birmingham.

Rick Peterson of Traverse City, kicked back in the relative safety of his bathtub-turned-trailer, firing a squirt gun at passersby on Woodward Avenue during the Woodward Dream Cruise.

Thousand of classic cars cruise north on Woodward Ave in Royal Oak on August 16, 2003.

Robert Bey, 21, of Lapeer and Becky Plagens, 18, of Richmond, cruise along Woodward Avenuein a 1991 Ford Diesel 72 passenger bus, while listening to Drum Master Mike, back left, and DJ Matt McCorry, back rigth, mixing Tech-House during the 9th annual Woodward Dream Cruise on August 16, 2003.

Margaret Steward, of Royal Oak, sells signs along the Woodward Dream Cruise route in Royal Oak to raise money for Shrine Grade School on August 16, 2003. The 9th annual Dream Cruise drew thousands of spectators to see over 30,000 cars cruising the 16 miles route from Ferndale to Pontiac.

Henry Stackpoole, age 1, of Birmingham, steers his flamed out pedal car toward home after a day of watching the Woodward Dream Cruise with his parents Cristine and Pete Stackpoole on Saturday August 16, 2003.

Connie DeKlerk left, age 38, of Bloomfield Hills, coaxes a muscle car to stop along Woodward Avenue in front of her home during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 16, 2003. Assisting her in the effort are her cousins in back from left to right, Kristy Williams, age 30, of Metamora, Lena DesJardins, age 26, of Livonia, and Shannon Dexter, age 34, of Davison.

Car enthusiasts and cars lined Woodward Avenue during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Aug. 16, 1996.

The clouds looked ominous Saturday morning at the 2002 Woodward Dream Cruise. Fortunately the rain abated, and cruisers were able to keep their hoods up and tops down as they filled the streets and parking lots.

As dusk falls along Woodward Avenue, Shelby Township resident Lisa Porada leans out of the window of a 1957 Chevy to catch a glimpse of the Woodward Dream Cruise action Saturday evening August 17, 2002.

Dressed as the character "The Penguin" from the "Blues Brothers" movie, Victoria Ruthrauff, age 57, of Coldwater, brought a police car like the one that characters Jake and Elwood Blues drove in the movie for a show the night before the official 2004 Woodward Dream Cruise.

Rob Wilson and his wife Barb Wilson, both of Royal Oak, cruise their 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad station wagon north on Woodward Avenue Friday night, Aug. 20, 2004 the night before the beginning of the Woodward Dream Cruise in Ferndale, Mich.

Richard Carroll, 6, of Pontiac, shows off his toy car on the day before the Dream Cruise on Woodward Ave. in Pontiac on Friday, August 20, 2004.

Ferndale Police Department officer Ed Ungerman, 33, of Shelby Township, shoots flames out of the tail pipes of his1955 Mercury Friday evening on East 9 Mile Road in Ferndale. Ungerman, demonstrated the trick for the crowd the night before the official Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise on August 20, 2004.

Jane Nichols, 54, of Waterford, laughs with friends on the day before the Dream Cruise on Woodward Ave. in Pontiac, Friday, August 20, 2004. Frank Wheaton, 58, of Hillman, right, holds Zoey.

The clouds broke in time for sunset along Woodward Avenue the night before the Woodward Dream Cruise Friday evening, August 20, 2004 in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Joe and Jan Thraen drive their one-of-a-kind three-wheeled car-bike down Woodward Avenue Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Bloomfield Hills during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise. The vehicle's rear end is from a 1959 Chevrolet and the engine is from a 1980s Camero.

A line of miniature cars cruise by along Woodward with an Elvis impersonator leading the way at the 2004 Dream Cruise Saturday, August 21, 2004.

Randy Hobson, 50, of Clarkston is given a ticket for reckless driving by Pontiac Police Sgt. Jeff Smith after Hobson performed a "burn out"in his 1970 Pontiac GTO on Woodward Avenue Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Pontiac during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise. Sgt. Smith said this was the fifth such ticket he had given in two days.

Downtown Pontiac was filled with classic and muscle cars in Pontiac during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004.

Clouds of burned rubber billowed as spectators begged classic and muscle cars to "light 'em up" on Woodward Avenue Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Pontiac during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Roger Stolley, age 49, of Woodbury, Minnesota, waits to register his 1967 Ford Mustang, with a 390 horsepower engine, for the Ferndale Car Show in the lot at Luxury Lanes bowling alley, at the Woodward Dream Cruise on August 21, 2004.

Brian Cooley, of Ferdnale, walks Thor, a 3-year-old blue great dane, down Mustang Alley on West 9 Mile Road in Ferndale Saturday morning at the Ferndale Car Show during the Woodward Dream Cruise on August 21, 2004.

Tito Escobar, 29, of Pontiac attempts to organize a race among classic cars on Woodward Avenue Saturday, August 21, 2004, in Pontiac during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Members of the Renegades Motorcycle Club encourage and cheer on cars doing burn outs along Woodward Avenue Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Pontiac during the tenth annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Travis Harriss, left, from Warren, sits with his friend Daniel Giannini, right, also from Warren, with their feet up in their portable chairs as a group of Dodge Prowlers passes by, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005 during the 2005 Woodward Dream Cruise.

A group of guys watch the Woodward Dream Cruise from Duggan's Irish Pub in Royal Oak, Mich., Friday, August 18, 2006.

Eric Graf, 7, of Westland, watches the Woodward Dream Cruise from the ground on Saturday, August 19, 2006 in Ferndale. "I like all the colors," said Graf.

Mark Raukar, of Sylvan Lake, drives his 1966 Mustang down Woodward Ave., while his daughter, Logan, sits up top at the 2006 Woodward Dream Cruise in Birmingham, Mich., Friday, August 19, 2006.

A man drives a classic car across the street with a large paper head strapped to his head at the 2006 Woodward Dream Cruise in Birmingham, Mich., Friday, August 19, 2006.

Chevrolet Belair is front in center of traffic during the Woodward Dream Cruise in between Royal Oak and Troy, Mich., Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007. KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press

Cruisers are met with perfect weather during the start of Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 18, 2007. Every size, shape, and color of car was ready to show off their stuff for a packed house on Woodward.

A jam packed Woodward Avenue as seen looking south from the Goodyear Blimp "Spirt of Innovation" during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday August 18, 2007.

Dave Tims, age not given checks out a 1975 Excalibur Roadster, owned by Berna Swan, from Oxford, in Pontiac during the Dream Cruise on Saturday August 18, 2007.

Eugene Kepler, 58, of Pleasant Ridge, takes photos of the Green E-85 Chevrolet Corvette pace car during a Dream Cruise press conference held at Stevenson Park in Pleasant Ridge Wednesday, July 23, 2008.

Classic American cars cruise past the intersection of Thirteen Mile Road and Woodward Avenue during the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008.

Steve Schmidt, 54, left and Pat Finnegan, 57 of Corunna polish Finnegan' s Police car, a 1950 Ford Custom, 100 hp, 3 speed on the column, four doors sedan on Nine miles and Woodward during the Dream Cruise in Ferndale on Saturday August 16, 2008.

Adrian Lewis, 28, of Pontiac, sits in his 1982 Camaro Z28 ahead of the Woodward Dream Cruise in Pontiac, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.

Mary Hahnefeld, 65, of Waterford, left, is dressed up as a flapper while riding with John Waltman, 65, of Auburn Hills, during a classic car parade through Beverly Hills, Mich., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 on the eve of the Woodward Dream Cruise.

Classic cars park during the Woodward Dream Cruise in downtown Pontiac on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.

Sisters Jessica, 5, and Marissa Heggie, 7, both of Brighton, dance as classic cars go by during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 15, 2009, in Royal Oak. The two have been coming to the cruise since they were babies and always is poodle skirts.

Eric Smith, of Livonia, pulls his 6 year-old daughter Jackie, in her custom wagon during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 15, 2009, in Royal Oak. "I have about 700 dollars in it," said Smith, who built the wagon.

Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company stands in front of the 2011 Ford Mustang Boss 302 during the Woodward Dream Cruise kickoff business breakfast at Duggan's Irish Pub in Royal Oak on Aug. 20, 2010.

A stretch BelAir cruises down Woodward at the 2010 Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 21, 2010.

Eddie Farley, 31, of Ferndale and his son Ed Farley, 6, stay out of the rain in the trunk of their 64 Impala at the 2010 Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 21, 2010.

Murray Pfaff, 42, Royal Oak, behind the wheel of his 1959 Chrysler Imperial Speedster, which will make its Woodward Dream Cruise debut in August of 2012.

Thousands of new and classic cars cruise during the Pre-Woodward Dream Cruise on Friday, August 19, 2011 near Woodward and 11 mile.

Woodward Dream Cruise 2011.

Scenes from the road during the 2011 Woodard Dream Cruise on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011.

Brenda Oldeck, 47, of Milan, Mich. and her 1972 Buick Skylark Sun Coupe parked at the Sagamore Motor Lodge in Royal Oak, Mich., Monday, August 13, 2012. She has attended 17 Dream Cruises in a row, "This is my major vacation", she said.

Alexandria White, of Detroit, poses with her father's 1959 Cadillac Sedan de Ville on Saturday, August 18, 2012, during the 18th annual Woodward Dream Cruise in Ferndale.

A Ford Mustang cruises Woodward Ave. near the intersection of 13 Mile Rd. in Royal Oak, Mich. on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. The Woodward Dream Cruise takes place on Saturday, August 17, 2013.

A mannequin in a diner setting rides in the back of a classic car cruising along Woodward Avenue on Saturday August 17, 2013 during the 2013 Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak.

Crowds pack the sidewalks to watch cruisers make their way along Woodward Avenue near 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak on Saturday August 17, 2013 during the 2013 Woodward Dream Cruise.

Boo, a Boston Terrier, rests on the shoulders of his owner Terry Smith of Warren as they look at cars on Saturday August 17, 2013 during the 2013 Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak.

Thousands of car lovers check out more than 30,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles cruise down Woodward Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 in Birmingham, Mich. during the annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Thousands of car lovers check out more than 30,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles cruise down Woodward Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 in Royal Oak, Mich. during the annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Thousands of car lovers check out more than 30,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles cruise down Woodward Avenue during the annual Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 in Birmingham, Mich.

Thousands of car lovers check out more than 30,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles cruise down Woodward Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 in Birmingham, Mich. during the annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

A cardboard Dolly Parton replica sits in front of a 1961 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe during the Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

Classic cars move through Woodward Dream Cruise in 2014.

A car with a skull top moves down Woodward Avenue during the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 20, 2016.

Car enthusiasts drive their classic vehicles along Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Friday, August 18, 2017.

Classic and modified cars are parked near Woodward Avenue and 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak, Friday, August 18, 2017.

Cars cruise on Woodward Avenue near Bloomfield Hills during the Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 19, 2017.

Cars cruise down Woodward Avenue in Birmingham during the Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 19, 2017.

People walk, talk and admire Ford Shelby GT cars at the Mustang Alley event during the 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise on 9 Mile Road in Ferndale, Michigan on Saturday, August 19, 2017.

A look north on Woodward Avenue with Birmingham in the background during the 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 19, 2017.

Jigga Caldwell of Detroit, far right, and his friends ride bicycles on Woodward Avenue near Birmingham during the Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 19, 2017.

Two 2017 Ford GT's sit on the lawn at Woodward Avenue at Vinsetta Blvd in Royal Oak during the 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 19, 2017.

James Schuster, of Waterford, center, makes some adjustments on his1969 Chevrolet Blazer while parked on Woodward Avenue near Pontiac during the Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 19, 2017.

A crowd of people attempt to persuade drivers to do burnouts on Woodward Avenue near Maple Road in Birmingham during the Woodward Dream Cruise, Saturday, August 19, 2017.

Woodward Dream Cruise, 1997.

Cruisers make their way along Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak during the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise.

Desteny Sarazen, of Allen Park, sits in the back of her grand parents Andy Sieracki and his wife Rose Sieracki, of Allen Park, 1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville to shelter herself from precipitation while watching cars travel along Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak on Saturday August 20, 2016 during the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise.

Cruisers travel along Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak during the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise on Friday August 15, 2014.

David Findlay, 43, of Goodells, Mich., wears a costume he made of an engine while walking along Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak during the 2013 Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday August 17, 2013.

Maria Carpenter, of Shelby Township, Mich., shows off her 1969 Firebird in canary yellow during a private reception near Woodward Avenue and Thirteen Mile Rd at the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. "It only has 56,000 miles on it," said Carpenter proudly.

Cruisers make their way along Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak during the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise on Friday August 15, 2014.

A man checks out a car in Memorial Park in Royal Oak during the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise on Friday August 15, 2014.

Susan Ferraro of Warren and her mother Shirley Belcovski of Warren walk along Woodward Avenue in poodle skirts made by Shirley on Saturday August 17, 2013 during the Woodward Dream Cruise.

Cruiser move along 12 Mile in Berkley on Friday, August 15, 1997 during the Classic Car Parade, held each year on the eve of the Woodward Dream Cruise.

Julie Mack of Seward, PA points out a purple Mercury to Ray Maines of Seward, PA parked along Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak during the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise on Friday August 15, 2014.

A customized vehicle after the Mutt Cutts vehicle in the movie Dumb and Dumber drives along Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak during the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise on Friday August 15, 2014.