In Pontiac, a less congested Dream Cruise attracts fans - Detroit Free Press
In Pontiac, where Woodward Avenue loops back around, Dream Cruise fans said Saturday that they have the best seats in the house. The traffic is lighter, the cars are more customized -- though perhaps less pricey than the ones further south -- and the drivers are far more likely to squeal their tires, to scattered applause. For the drivers here, "it's not all about what it looks like … it's more what you can do," said Dan Consibine, 32, of White Lake, who watched the gradual procession of cars from his lightly rusted Chevrolet G10 van. Like John McMillion's bold-looking, blue 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, complete with 26" wheels and pinstripe flourishes. McMillion's white T-shirt bore a giant rendering of the car he bought 11 years ago. On Saturday morning, the 49-year-old from Waterford parked on a grassy hill overlooking the cruise route, and, unlike the cruise route to the south, he and a couple of dozen family friends had plenty of space. A jacked up Cadillac with custom wheels may not fit the conventional image of a Dream Cruise classic, but McMillion is still proud of it. He has left it at its height even though it should be two inches lower, according to state law, and even... After his 1964 Chevrolet Impala hit a fire hydrant, it took him roughly 8 years of repairs and modifications to put in the money and time for a completely new look. Source: www.freep.com
