When the Dream Cruise first started, I was thrilled that the spotlight was once again thrust upon Detroit's most famous thoroughfare. I now make a plan to try and attend this amazing event as often as I can - managed it for the first time in ’99, even if I was driving a piece of junk rental Cavalier and then in 06 and 07 behind the wheel of proper cars - Mustangs - and will be back again this year.
However, I think somebody needs to make a movie about Woodward. It can be done, so if anybody out there is listening and is looking for some content, as Hollywood seems to be out of fresh ideas - make this movie. Set it in about 1968 or 1970. Bring out the muscle cars and the factory specials, throw in some good old fashioned grudge match racing, perhaps a love story or something - to keep the rest of the family entertained. I really believe that if somebody made this movie, it would blow every car related piece of film for the last 20 years, firmly into the weeds, plus it really will show the next generation just how cool our hobby really is and keep the fire burning. And if the nannies and do-gooders and kill joys, (the people who got their lunch money stolen in school) complain that it portrays irresponsible behavior, well it's set in the past, you can't stop things that have already ' happened' can you? The BBC has got around all this nannying nonsense in England by making period 'politically incorrect' programs which have proven to be massive hits. So let's make the car movie to end all car movies and I'm more than willing to be cast as an extra, as long as I'm given a Ford to 'drive.' Otherwise the readers will kill me!