Hisserman
Enthusiast
We were all psyched for a great '05 Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday. The Motor City Viper Owners chapter of VCA had specially prepared shirts for the occasion.
Unfortunately, the day greeted us with RAIN!!
Club members beat a retreat into Bennigan's, while only the most stalwart cruisers rolled in the rain. For all you guys with garage queen Vipers, we even saw one of the Enzo's driving around in the rain!
But finally the skys began to clear and the cruising began.
We made it down to the Chrysler corporate display (almost an hour to go 9 miles) to see the new Coupe.
We saw some initial run coupes at the plant earlier in the week -- they're still shaking them down, but it won't be long now!
Here's the new engine that officially makes 505 hp now.
However, the spec plate hasn't caught up with the new horsepower rating yet!
There were other great things to see in the exhibit area. They were putting together and taking apart a new Dodge Charger every 16 minutes.
And here's a Charger SRT-8.
There were various duded up Dodge Magnums. . .
And some off road vehicles!
The famous Silver Bullet was on display -- here's a sign telling it's story.
For those of you who store your Vipers in the Winter, you'll appreciate this Hemi powered snow blower!!
And for those of you who always have sun, here's a Hemi powered grill (sorry for cutting off the top - got bumped when I took the shot).
There were plenty of other Conner Avenue Plant alumni parked close by the exhibit (49 in this shot).
Back out on the cruise, there were all sorts of interesting cars. Here's one of the 6-8 '06 Z06's that were running around.
Not a very good shot, but here's the new Audi Sport Coupe.
And there were Lambo's and Enzo's scattered in . . .
And Saleen S7's, and, of course, Ford GT's (we ran with 4 of them Wednesday night).
Even Batman paid us a visit!
If you think you have a truck with torque, check out this baby with dual V8's!
Due to hard times, GM seems to be experimenting with a 4-door Vette model . . .
And not all vehicles had 4 wheels . . .
Or just 2 cylinders. This guy did 2 passenger wheelies all day long!
All in all it was another great mind-numbing Dream Cruise. There is no way to describe this event (check out Tim's and the other posts about Woodward on this site). The rain held the official count of hot rod, custom and exotic cars down to 60,000 this year (down from 70,000 last year!), but you still had a chance to see every vehicle you've ever seen in person or a magazine in your whole life.
We had 20 members of the Northern California VCA chapter visit us this year. They were here for four days and kinda put it in perspective when one member said he was suffering from "hyperactive stimulation overload"! (By the way California guys, we still have some of the special MCVO event t-shirts available if you want a momento of your visit -- just PM me and I can hook you up).
When it was all said and done, we had a tremendous amount of fun and a great spirit of Viper brotherhood and sisterhood.
Unfortunately, the day greeted us with RAIN!!
Club members beat a retreat into Bennigan's, while only the most stalwart cruisers rolled in the rain. For all you guys with garage queen Vipers, we even saw one of the Enzo's driving around in the rain!
But finally the skys began to clear and the cruising began.
We made it down to the Chrysler corporate display (almost an hour to go 9 miles) to see the new Coupe.
We saw some initial run coupes at the plant earlier in the week -- they're still shaking them down, but it won't be long now!
Here's the new engine that officially makes 505 hp now.
However, the spec plate hasn't caught up with the new horsepower rating yet!
There were other great things to see in the exhibit area. They were putting together and taking apart a new Dodge Charger every 16 minutes.
And here's a Charger SRT-8.
There were various duded up Dodge Magnums. . .
And some off road vehicles!
The famous Silver Bullet was on display -- here's a sign telling it's story.
For those of you who store your Vipers in the Winter, you'll appreciate this Hemi powered snow blower!!
And for those of you who always have sun, here's a Hemi powered grill (sorry for cutting off the top - got bumped when I took the shot).
There were plenty of other Conner Avenue Plant alumni parked close by the exhibit (49 in this shot).
Back out on the cruise, there were all sorts of interesting cars. Here's one of the 6-8 '06 Z06's that were running around.
Not a very good shot, but here's the new Audi Sport Coupe.
And there were Lambo's and Enzo's scattered in . . .
And Saleen S7's, and, of course, Ford GT's (we ran with 4 of them Wednesday night).
Even Batman paid us a visit!
If you think you have a truck with torque, check out this baby with dual V8's!
Due to hard times, GM seems to be experimenting with a 4-door Vette model . . .
And not all vehicles had 4 wheels . . .
Or just 2 cylinders. This guy did 2 passenger wheelies all day long!
All in all it was another great mind-numbing Dream Cruise. There is no way to describe this event (check out Tim's and the other posts about Woodward on this site). The rain held the official count of hot rod, custom and exotic cars down to 60,000 this year (down from 70,000 last year!), but you still had a chance to see every vehicle you've ever seen in person or a magazine in your whole life.
We had 20 members of the Northern California VCA chapter visit us this year. They were here for four days and kinda put it in perspective when one member said he was suffering from "hyperactive stimulation overload"! (By the way California guys, we still have some of the special MCVO event t-shirts available if you want a momento of your visit -- just PM me and I can hook you up).
When it was all said and done, we had a tremendous amount of fun and a great spirit of Viper brotherhood and sisterhood.
