"Dream Cruises" first gave me an impression of ship cruises as natch as anybody would think except an American. It's the very popular vintage car rally I am talking about where I have been to last week. Hot and perfectly sunny weather on Classic American Drive called "Woodward Avenue" between thousands of American Vintage Cars (I mean thousands) what else an Automotive Design enthusiast want? When my colleague offered me to join the visit, without procrastinating I said "Yes".
Woodward Ave. is America's first paved road. In early 50's here hundreds of youngsters used to hang out here. And till date, they kept this classic glory alive by having such an enormously grand classic car event. You still see some retro restaurants and bars where people purposely come in retro attire (Bell Bottom etc.) with vintage cars. This gives renaissance to the lifestyle of those decades.
In addition, we had a No-nonsense partner like Jimmy, who is the "Baap" of the car enthusiasts. His expertise was so overwhelming that just by looking at any car he could tell make, model, horse power, the condition under which it was designed, what changed when, what materials used, what technologies used. The history, geography, biology and chemistry together. As each car was passing by he gave us laconic details of each car. I would say the knowledge of a century in just three hours.
What a boffo event to witness. A life time opportunity. I feel lucky.
