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Cars are on our blood. >> Woodward has always been a place to cruise even, you know, when you're during the Dream Cruise. >> Woodward is about, you know, American- made cars and just the glory of Motor City and that's what Woodward is all about. >> Let's go. 9 to 15 dollars. >> Hey guys, you two look good on your ponchos. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Get one to match your car. >> 20 dollars. >> The one that we saw earlier-- >> Yup. -[ unk ], Mr. Police Officer. >> You've got a car. You got it. You wanna show it off and drive it and it's a nice way to come out and just enjoy it. >> This is the common man's way of going back out there and living their memory together. >> This is a 1966 Corvette Stingray. Learned how to drive stick shift on this car when I was 16. I've been around it my whole life. >> Yes, it's a good car to learn how to drive. >> Yeah. It was tough. It was a bit heavy. And my girls bring it to the Dream Cruise this year. >> My first car was a '61 Dumper and I bought it 2 years before I had a driver's license. >> Oh yeah, you've got-- >> I loved that car. I loved that car. >> I came out-- Yeah, I came out this morning for a couple hours and it was starting to rain a little bit, but it's not too bad and we left and decided once it's clear to come back out again. So, I wanna get a few more hours in. >> We usually barbecue every year, but it's not raining the whole time we're here. I mean it usually just rains a little bit and then it stops. This year, it's just-- we're gonna have soggy food. >> Student driver. >> Just where you wanna have a student driver. Everybody seems a little more upbeat this year for sure. [ unk ] nobody's talking about their jobs and what they lost. You know, the auto industry going down. Nobody-- That's not the topic conversation. >> It's just a special way to people I guess. It's fun. We don't play golf, but golf's okay. 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