A question for anyone that lives in the area I was just wondering if they ever did anything with the big restaurant that was sitting empty next to the motel?
It looked like it could have been a nice place and pretty convenient if something else had gone in there.
Not that I am complaining about the Moose Preserve that was a pretty good plce to get together Saturday night.

 

It used to be Big Buck Brewery. It was a restaurant and brewery all in one. They had really good food and great beer, so I have no idea why they closed. Any day of the week it was packed with Chrysler employees, and on weekends it was always pretty full as well.

To answer your question, no, I don't believe anyone's moved in there yet, but I'm not positive..........I haven't been that way in a little while.

 

Nobody is at the Big Buck. It's still empty (went by there last week).
It is not very close to Woodward though.

 

I was just curious because it was so close to the motel and thought it might be a nice place for an after party, but I guess there is always the parking lot and lobby, or we could check out what is going on at FP's pool

 

Just so long as you remember the credo...........

What happens in FP's pool, stays in FP's pool!

 

Update: reservations for Friday night have been made at Taveren on 13 (same as last year) and for Saturday night at Moose Preserve (same as last year). I think it was by default that we agreed on these places. As usual any suggestions for changes or ideas are welcomed. I'd like Saturday's dinner to be around 7pm but they don't take reservations after 5:30 at this time. I asked for an exception-will know next week.
-->We do not have a photographer for this event. Last year it was a do it your self opperation. We lucked out, a truck and ladder for the wide angle shoots, the photos were very good. This did mean one of the members was not in the photos. Any ideas?? There are professionals to hire, but they will be costly. I think there are a couple of guys who work like Killboy/US129/Zeefoto. If a member wants to contact one to see if they will commit to a group photo- have at it. We don't know at this time were it would be taken, the hotel would be the least crazy, but not every member will be going there (I'd think) and Saturday is the photographers big day on WW. Last year the lot we used was perfect for it, but the 13 and WW lot will not work for a group photo in any way. Does any one remeber if the back of Moose Preserve's lot would lend it's self to a group car/member photo? Does anyone have room for a extension ladder in their car? If a member wants to step forward to shoot the photos what kind of help would you need?
-->At this time the schedule for the WWDC consists of Friday and Saturday night dinner reservations, a block of time on Saturday for members to get together as best as we can (remember this is a 1 million+ person weekend, just driving from A to B is an event in it's self) and the location of breakfast on Saturday and Sunday were many members may choose to eat. It is pretty "fast and loose" since you can drive north on WW (on Saturday) for 1.5 hours for a total miles traveled of 1.
One thing that will help you greatly is to give Valk your name, cell number, car description and city/st/country. Last year Ryan got this info, it was a great help to everyone. We still have last years list to work from. Also Steve/Apkno and I made up a Rode Fact Sheet of sorts to help you get around see link below.

https://www.crossfireforum.org/galle...ry.php?cat=921

 

Ann
Here are a couple of photos of the Moose Preseve parking lot. I think it would be a great location for the group pictures.
I even think thats your yellow roadster in there

 

I would agree that the Moose Preserve lot will probably be the best opportunity to get a group photo this year.
Most everyone who will be attending will most likely be present.
We just need to have an accurate count and be sure everyone is present.

It would be nice if we could get the Moose Preserve restaurant to block off a section near the rear of their parking lot to accommodate Crossfire parking only. We can give them a number of spaces needed shortly before the weekend of the event.
This will enable us to get a group pic with only Crossfires in it.
Some pics with cars only and some pics with cars and owners standing by their cars.

Also as Ann mentioned previously:
One thing that will help you greatly is to give Valk your name, cell number, car description and city/st/country.
Also please let me know if you are driving in or booking a room.
Do this by sending me (Valkryderguy) a PM please and I will maintain a spread sheet confidentially which will be made available to only members attending prior to the weekend of the meet.

Just a thank you to all attending for assisting the WDC planning team in making this a successful meet.
Valkryderguy (Gary) RappsYellowCF (Ann)

 

I have just added "Liberty1" (Bob & Debbie) coming down from Cananda to join us. Looking forward to seeing you again. Gary

 

Ann,
I'll check with Dave(US129) & Daryl(killboy).
If they are not available, I'll be glad to do the Shoot myself.
I'll bring one of my better cameras, no 'Help' necessary.
My Best,
Bill (SF)

 

I'll have my Nikon D200 too - takes great 10MP pics.....now, ladder?

 

Hey, I'll pack one of those Great New Fold-up ladders in my Carry-on, if I can get it by Security at the Airport in Atlanta! jk

 

Everything you need to know for WDC 2008.......
See next post #294 for our group rate Hotel booking info.

This is the official website: Woodward Dream Cruise

Our parking spot this year is next to the Chrysler Exhibit at 13 mile and Woodward.
It is at the Northwood Shopping Center parking lot in Royal Oak , Mi.
click here for updated info
This is a excellent location.
Rapp's has us down for 30 spots at mile 13 (that was the limit)


Fun in the sun, TV crews, meeting members from the forum, having thousands of people checking our Crossfires, food and drink


This is our basic outline of activity for the Woodward Dream Cruise 2008 (revised from 2007 WDC meet)
This is only a basic outline of the time line ........

Friday Locals/drive ins can meet at the hotel 4 pm on and meet and greet before dinner.
Some may want to meet at the hotel around noon and go 2 miles to the Chrysler Museum.
Others arriving later can meet up at the hotel and check in etc.
Maybe try to cruise Woodward ave.with our Crossfire convoy.
Friday night dinner is in Royal Oak at Woody's Diner at 7:00 pm with reservations.
After dinner return to the hotel and gather for some tailgating and continue visiting.


Saturday Locals/drive ins should meet at the hotel by 9:00 am to join the others for our trip to WDC parking spot.
9 am - 10 am- Breakfast at the hotel.
10 am Leave the hotel and head for Royal Oak 13 mile/WW parking.
Check out the cars, further discussions, wander around looking at other cars, etc.
Dinner at Tavern 13 at 7:00 pm (reservations have been made)
(9:00 Woodward ave is closed and everyone exits the area)


Sunday
Most have their own plans. Some head back home etc.

"confirmed" no parking paid ??
"not confirmed as attending"
"Parking $$ Paid" 13 mile lot

1) Goldwing
2) Apkano (Steve)
3) ApolloFX (Josh and Emma)
4) bflinn - Drive In
5) cabinisle1 (George&Linda)
6) Crossfire1957
7) Crossfirefrank (Frank and mrs)room booked
8) Aknester *not attending
9) FP (Fernando)
10) fritzhauf *Not attending
11) Hawksview (Gary&Jan) room booked
12) Iamfink2 (Patrick)
13) Jonathan *not attending
14) Justice
15) kasketfiller
16) Kckey12 (Jim & Lisa)
17) lookinto *not attending
18) Liberty1 (Bob&Debbie)
19) Lorne (and Elaine) room booked
20) mbepic (Roy and Diane) room booked
21) MI Roadster (Kieth&Ursula) drive-in
22) Mi1XFire
23) Mike and Debbie room booked
24) Moldmaker1
25) Mrs Moose *not attending
26) MSxfire
27) NeedsWings (Rob)
28) Non-Toxic
29) oledoc2u & FRIEND Two rooms booked
30) pedals down
31) Rapp's yellow CF (Gary and Ann)
32) Rickz (and Peggy) not attending
33) RPM (Ryan)
34) tom2112 room booked
35) Tony Sortino room booked
36) Valkryderguy (Gary and Tammy) room booked
37) X-FIREcmv (Cory)
38) Herbie53 - drive in
39) nox1s
40) harbor - (Jim & Karen)
41) msgump Room boooked
42) fyrepower - not attending
43) Az4R1
44) tnn14 - not attending
45) James1549 Room booked
46) able1506 - notattending

This exceeds last years attendance !!

Some helpful links below:

Chrysler Museum

Courtyard Marriott Auburn Hills

From the Marriott to our parking spot at 13 mile on Woodward:
Saturday Morning

1) stay south on I-75 to Big Beaver
2) Big Beaver west to Crooks
3) Crooks south to 13 Mile
4) 13 Mile west to Woodward.

 

OUR ROOM BLOCK HAS EXPIRED.
THERE MAY BE A COUPLE ROOMS LEFT BUT NOT ANY LONGER AVAILABLE AT OUR GROUP RATE 8/10/08




This confirms that 20 group rooms were put on hold for Crossfire Club at the Courtyard by Marriott, Auburn Hills

Availability: August 15, 2008 and August 16, 2008

One King Bed Rate: $79.00

Two Queen Bed Rate: $79.00

***This is a room rate only and does not include breakfast.***
***Breakfast is available and can be added to final invoice for your stay.***

TELEPHONE INSTRUCTIONS:
Telephone Reservations can be made by calling (800) 321-2211.
Guest should mention the Courtyard by Marriott, Auburn Hills and the Crossfire Club to get your group rates.

ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS:
Online Reservations w/group discount can be made by using the following links:

A) To reserve a room with with the special group rate with one king bed please click here:

B) To reserve a room with the special group rate with two queen sized beds please click here



Your group rates are only available until August 10, 2008 so please be sure to make your arrangements early.

Thank you for selecting Marriott hotels!

 

One thing that will help greatly is to PM Valkryderguy your
real name, cell number, car description and city/st/country.
Also please let me know if you are driving in or booking a room.
I will maintain a spread sheet confidentially which will be made available to only members attending prior to the weekend of the meet.
If you are on the list to attend in post 293 please provide me the info requested.

 

bump..........

 

One thing that will help greatly is to PM Valkryderguy your
real name, cell number, car description and city/st/country.
Also please let me know if you are driving in or booking a room.
I will maintain a spread sheet confidentially which will be made available to only members attending prior to the weekend of the meet.
If you are on the list to attend in post 293 please provide me the info requested

 

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Cruise events to rev up Motor City
Nine-day celebration of cars adds numerous festivities in Detroit
Catherine Jun / The Detroit News

DETROIT -- Welcome to the party, Detroit.

The Woodward Dream Cruise officially expanded its suburban reach into the big city on Wednesday, when organizers revealed the details of the Cruisin' MotorCities Summer Festival, a nine-day drive-up to the Dream Cruise that will feature car shows, Model T rides, live music, food and, yes, more cruising, with Detroit-centric events extending from the Michigan State Fairgrounds to Campus Martius, Belle Isle and beyond.

The festival will begin Aug. 8 with a lowriders custom car show and roll right into the Cruise on Aug. 16, when GM celebrates its 100th birthday with 100 cars leaving the RenCen to join up with the Cruise in Ferndale, north of Eight Mile.

The festival, while not adding Detroit as an official Dream Cruise city, will finally link it to the vastly popular but utterly suburban Dream Cruise, which draws 1.2 million spectators and 40,000 classic cars to Oakland County to celebrate the automotive nostalgia of the 1950s and '60s.

The slate of events, organized with the help of Chris Ilitch of Ilitch Holdings Inc. and a federally funded agency, indicates that though official Woodward Dream Cruise organizers are not interested in extending the official cruise route south of Eight Mile, the Motor City this year will be a major epicenter for the first time in the annual August phenomenon.
'Biggest presence' for Detroit

"This is the biggest presence Detroit has had during Cruise week, absolutely," said Greg Rassel, former president of Woodward Dream Cruise Inc. and now Royal Oak's representative on its board.

The efforts are being spearheaded by MotorCities National Heritage Area, a federally funded organization affiliated with the National Park Service that has been relatively unknown until recently. The office, in the Renaissance Center, approached Dream Cruise organizers last year with an offer to expand the Cruise and better market it as a tourist attraction. So far, it appears set to do just that.

"We have struck a positive chord," said Gary Familian, executive director of MotorCities.

Most events are tapping their own sponsors for funding, and Familian is soliciting corporate dollars for those co-organized with the Dream Cruise. He said the names of sponsors would be revealed at a later date.
Details discussed

Organizers are working with city officials on details such as cleaning up and policing and are soliciting corporate sponsors to pay for setup costs. Typically, the nine communities along Woodward pay overtime hours incurred by their police and public works departments, which for larger communities like Royal Oak can top $100,000.

The events will be advertised along with the Belle Isle Grand Prix and the Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in hotel magazines in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, Familian said.

Several events are being organized with the help of the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. One event includes a charity gala set to chamber music in the foyer of the Detroit Opera House. Proceeds will benefit the Detroit River Conservancy.

Organizers are cross-marketing the Cruise, combining forces with General Motors Corp., which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and will host a car show in the Renaissance Center and send a 100-car caravan onto Woodward on the day of the Cruise.

"I'm excited about the potential for this new festival and believe it can be the genesis of something really big as it evolves," Ilitch said in a statement.

"To me, it's Detroit's Mardi Gras," said Rebecca Hammond, a 50-year-old Dream Cruise fan from Ferndale. "It always seemed a shame that it stopped at Eight Mile."

The question of whether to extend the official route -- now 16 miles from Ferndale to Pontiac -- to Detroit was raised and quashed last year, when Dream Cruise board members adopted a long-term strategic plan that didn't include changing the route.

Organizers have insisted that it wasn't about excluding Detroit, but about maintaining the historical route of the cruise within Oakland County.
Focusing on history

"There was no particular inclusion or exclusion," said Dale Dawkins, president of the board. "I really feel strongly that we need to continue to focus on that specific history, and that is from Eight Mile to Pontiac."

Until this year, the Cruise has for the most part been organized by the nine Oakland County communities, along with the help of an outside public relations firm, this year Tanner Friedman. In recent years, organizers had faced leveling sponsorship dollars and rising costs to run the event.

"I have to believe in my own mind that as we are able to give more to the communities ... that will be attractive to sponsors," Dawkins said .

 

From the TVT250 thread
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...814#post224814

If I come to woodward do I have a place where I can replace injectors? I can provide tools and such, but a place to dump fuel is always good. For some reason the govt. frowns on dumping it in sewers and rivers...

Can one of the locals help with this?

 

The amount of fuel loss is minimal when replacing injectors....I'm sure I'll be able to safely get rid of it if needed.