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Woodward Dream Cruise - Royal Oak, Michigan - August 18, 19 2023

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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Valk
Friday you can arrive and enter throughout the day but on Saturday we must enter with all our Crossfires together at the same time and that time is at 8am
This is required to be sure we are all parked together in the park
Also on Saturday only... once you do leave the park you can not re-enter with your car
Are you all leaving the hotel together on Friday also? If so what time are you leaving?

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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 05:18 PM
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You can come and go anytime on Friday. Some of us will be showing up at the park around 12-1pm
 
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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 07:06 PM
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Default Re: Woodward Dream Cruise - Royal Oak, Michigan - August 18, 19 2023

Originally Posted by Beaner
I plan on arriving between 7pm-8pm on Saturday night, stay for a few hours to enjoy the parking lot shenanigan and to see familiar faces!!
Not staying the night but I'll be back Sunday morning for breakfast and to do some shopping.
I still have my V8 and I will be driving it there.
i have my car in Windsor now and ready for a late arrival Saturday night!
 
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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by chynnalou
Are you all leaving the hotel together on Friday also? If so what time are you leaving?

Steve
Friday you may arrive anytime at Memorial Park and no group will be leaving from the hotel on Friday morning
Saturday morning we depart the hotel as a group and head to Memorial Park together by Route of Woodward Ave
We must arrive together on Saturday morning to be parked together in the same spot in Memorial park
 
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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 10:09 PM
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i have my car in Windsor now and ready for a late arrival Saturday night!
Very much looking forward to seeing you again !!!
 
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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 10:44 PM
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Just a reminder of a special presentation at this weekend event......MORE HERE

Originally Posted by Valk
A 20th Anniversary for the beginning of the production of the Crossfire will be celebrated on Saturday Night at our hotel

Art Anderson and Scott Wilkins will be in a conference room I reserved at our hotel to do a presentation for all of us.
This is a fantastic presentation about the Crossfire from its production years with an on screen power point presentation
Art Anderson was nominally the chief engineer and boss for Crossfire during production.
Scott Wilkins was the top program manager and took care of more details.
These 2 men have done 2 presentations for us at Woodward in the past.
We are honored to have Art and Scott come do this for us again.
They can answer many questions you may have as well.
The presentation will begin in the hotel conference room after dinner on Saturday night.
Time will be announced but likely to begin at 8PM.

Here is a video with Art Anderson and Scott Wilkins from 11 years ago
He mentions this forum near the end of this video talking about this forum which began in 2003,
They followed this forum to see what the people here were saying during the release of the Crossfire.
They understand that we are people who LOVE OUR CROSSFIRES still 20 years after production began !!!


https://youtu.be/Hq3r3mSmgKw
 
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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 11:01 PM
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For all of those Thursday arrivals there is a GTG for dinner at the Moose Preserve Bar and Grill at 6:00 PM. There are no reservations taken for the outside seating, so I'll arrive around 5:30 to grab a bigger table. Please respond, if you plan to attend, that way I can know how many seats to save. Here's the address:
43034 N. Woodward Avenue,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
48302.
Safe travels to all, see you there!

https://moosepreserve.com/?utm_sourc...website_button
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Dinner set for Friday night at Hoops (just 5 minutes north from our host hotel)
They will be ready for us beginning at 5pm.
I'm sure by 6pm most of us will be there.
We have reservations for 45 people and parking for 30 Crossfires.

Hoops Sports Bar
2705 Lapeer Rd
Auburn Hills, MI
48326


https://hoopssportsspirits.com/

After dinner gathering at the hotel in the rear (south) parking lot if weather permits
My Girlfriend and I are in for Thursday night dinner and tentative for the Friday night dinner. My SRT6 coupe will be featured in the M1 Concourse Dream Show so I’ll be parking there on Friday. I look forward to meeting everyone!
 
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Old Aug 17, 2023 | 12:41 PM
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My Girlfriend and I are in for Thursday night dinner and tentative for the Friday night dinner. My SRT6 coupe will be featured in the M1 Concourse Dream Show so I’ll be parking there on Friday. I look forward to meeting everyone!
I'm in for both dinners Thursday and Friday
 
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Old Aug 17, 2023 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cruz42700
My Girlfriend and I are in for Thursday night dinner and tentative for the Friday night dinner. My SRT6 coupe will be featured in the M1 Concourse Dream Show so I’ll be parking there on Friday. I look forward to meeting everyone!
Your SRT-6 Coupe must really be in great condition. Keep it that way!
 
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Old Aug 18, 2023 | 10:44 PM
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Jacket time in August at the Dream Cruise, who would have thought? Actually perfect weather today.

Great turn out for Friday at the park.

Dinner at Hoops. We filled the place.

 

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Old Aug 18, 2023 | 11:03 PM
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Yes the weather was absolutely perfect today
Sunshine and a strong cool breeze
Tomorrow maybe a bit warmer but still no humidity and tons of sunshine
 
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Old Aug 19, 2023 | 08:04 AM
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Looks like a good turnout of XFires. Enjoy the event & weekend.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2023 | 11:49 PM
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Another fabulous day here at Woodward
We had 30 Crossfires in attendance and the weather was outstanding.
I want to thank everyone who came to the event here this weekend.
It was a pleasure spending time with all of you and I hope to see ya again next year.
In a day or 2 when I get all my pics uploaded to a site which will allow me to share them all here I will post all my pics.
I encourage others here who attended to share whatever pics you can and share anything positive about the event you wish to

Thanks again , Gary
 
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Old Aug 20, 2023 | 03:10 PM
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Well I really really enjoyed finally being to attend the dream cruise after all these years. So many old friends to catch up with and new friends made. And yes, even my better half came. I will be retired by the time next year comes around. So next year we may be able to bring both cars. Either way we are coming God willing. To all of you it was great meeting you all and thank you Gary for your persistence lol.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2023 | 03:12 PM
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I'm back home. Had a great time seeing old friends and met some new ones as well. I got my new top installed while at the park. (Thanks Bob). My car turned over 90,000 miles on the way back home so it's just starting to get broke in. It's a fun car to drive and I enjoy all the people who stop by at the park who ask questions about them. The weather was near perfect. Thanks goes out to all those who helped organize all the details to make these gatherings a success. I won't list names for fear of leaving someone out but we have a great group of owners. Hope to see you all again next year.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2023 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Valk
We had 30 Crossfires in attendance and the weather was outstanding.
I want to thank everyone who came to the event here this weekend.
It was a pleasure spending time with all of you and I hope to see ya again next year.
I encourage others here who attended to share whatever pics you can and share anything positive about the event you wish to

Thanks again , Gary
Enjoy my weekend collection of pics from the Woodward Dream Cruise - click >> Google Photos



 
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Old Aug 20, 2023 | 11:06 PM
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Jodi and I have completed our trip to the Boise, ID Crossfire event and then on to the Woodward Dream Cruise. We arrived safely home tonight after totaling 5,076 miles for the 13 day trip. We had no issues with my damaged front driver wheel and hopefully can get it fixed this week.
We had an awesome time and enjoyed seeing old friends and making new friends. The Crossfire community is amazing.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2023 | 07:16 AM
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Enjoy my weekend collection of pics from the Woodward Dream Cruise - click >> Google Photos
Gary - Thanks for sharing your photos.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2023 | 07:27 PM
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Scott Wilkins was the top program manager during the production years of our Crossfires 2003 to 2007
We are thankful for him coming to the hotel Saturday evening to our full to capacity conference room to give us an in depth presentation covering the years the Crossfire was in production.












 
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