Chevrolet Camaros on the Avenue during the Woodward Dream Cruise.
Camaro was celebrating its 50th Anniversary in Royal Oak, Michigan when a late afternoon rain storm prematurely shut the Woodward Dream Cruise down. Notably absent was Ford Motor even though it has “Mustang Alley” every year in the city of Ferndale on Nine Mile road – the very southern edge of the Cruise.
This is likely the largest gathering of Mustang owners in the world. The Ford Mustang, of course, was on sale more than a year ahead of the first Camaro. Mustang established and defined the pony car segment. There were no Ford Motor photos, no press releases, nothing but silence during the Cruise, unless you count the local shopper.
A trend is becoming apparent here. Communities south of 13 Mile road are living the old dream, so to speak, by doing the same old stuff. Remember Ferndale, arguably, founded the Cruise as a fund raiser for a soccer team.
Meanwhile North of 13 Mile road – starting with the Camaro under glass, and all the way up to Dodge’s street legal racing in Pontiac – the Dream is expanding.
