Four days before the fifth annual Michigan Avenue car cruise, promoter Don Nicholson was busy delivering 25,000 programs to businesses and sponsors along the more than 14-mile route. His goal was to get the information in the hands of car enthusiasts to participate in the cruise and frequent the businesses that are involved in it.
Muscle cars, hot rods and classic cars lined the streets and parking lots on Saturday when the annual Cruisin’ Michigan Avenue Car Cruise rolled through Dearborn and Dearborn Heights.
Cruisers also traveled U.S. 12 in Inkster, Westland, and Wayne as part of the event.
The fourth annual Cruisin' Michigan Avenue car show rumbled into Dearborn Saturday–the last city on the tour that took drivers east through Wayne, Westland, Inkster and Dearborn Heights as well. Car clubs, individual enthusiasts and onlookers gathered along US-12 all day Saturday, showing off their wheels and sharing stories from the road.
Dearborn/Dearborn Heights will host its 4th annual Cruisin’ Michigan Avenue event on Saturday, and everyone is invited. The event is a moving car show that features cars of all different makes and models, and runs through Wayne, Westland, Inkster, Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. It’s one of the larger cruise events in Wayne County.
For Don Nicholson, having thousands of cruisers on Michigan Avenue Saturday is the icing on the cake. The guru of car cruises in and around western Wayne County, Nicholson is expecting a record turnout for the cruise he started four years ago.
Although a large part of Detroit’s automotive history centers on American muscle, a car show running on Michigan Avenue Saturday will showcase an entirely different type of brawn.
If you're attending one of Michigan's many classic car cruises or shows this summer, don't be alarmed if you see a caravan of hearses in the mix. Chances are it's the Mortis City Hearse Club.
Their caravan of vehicles is expected to make an appearance at the Cruisin' Michigan Avenue car show this Saturday, which runs east along US-12 from Wayne down to Dearborn.
Motorists cruising their cars down historic U.S. 12 this weekend may be a relatively new sight, but the numbers and interest being drawn to the car cruise event seems to be growing rapidly.
104.3 WOMC was at the Michigan Avenue Cruise where you couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day. Everyone one was having a blast while driving down nostalgia lane.
Austin Moore serves as a prop with his grandfather’s 1952 Chevy patrol car used by the Macomb County Sheriff at the Emergency Response Vehicle Show at the Dearborn Heights Justice Center during the Cruisin’ Michigan Avenue event Saturday.
Installing a Mustang aluminum radiator can increase your engine's cooling ability the next time you are at the track, or even just cruising on a hot summer day.
