First off the top: The BTTF car owner is Not Marty it's Monte!! My car (Lawrence's car) is vin/00538.My leg is still sore from holding in that clutch. I finally left at 9:40pm when it was winding down for the evening check out the photos under Dream Cruise. Lawrence --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "byrondelorean" <celiambyron@xxxx> wrote: > Just a quick note regarding my fist D gathering. There were I > believe 9 DeLorean's at the McDonalds just south of 9 mile road at > McDonalds. The owner of McDonalds had a great spot for us facing the > road, black & White flags roped off our area. Photo's will be > developed and shared in a couple days on this post. The following > are some of the names of D owners I recall. Shannon with wife > Jeannette own a sweet D lowered with ground effects kit, Lawrence > owns a couple cars, the one he had is a very early Vin #550 or > something, looks cool, he has over size drag race tires in the > back., Marv from Ontario, great guy, very enthusiastic DeLorean > owner, great looking Grey Interior 83' 5 speed with aftermarket cup > holders! He has replaced the shift knob with a stainless Steele 6" > tall handle, looks like he could take it off and kick someone's ass > with it. Very cool. Sandor lucked out with his Primo 81' 5 speed > grey and received premiere accommodations under a 20 X 10 tent. It > rained hard twice, he watched as we cleaned our vehicles. Sandor > suffered enough when he showed his awesome D at the concourse > D'elegance, Crabrook MI., it rained horribly that morning. Sandor's > brother Gordon (great guy, friendly) let me use an auto detail > squeegee. It was great swiping water off (go with the grain) and > dealing with less water. I am not positive but I think the owner of > the Back To The future car is Marty? His car has the flux capacitor > and all. The car has amazing workmanship. Way way too much time on > his hands. Another D owner was Rick not sure of last name had a > Black interior early VIN car. The plate surrounding the gauges > looked different; the coin tray has felt material. It would be great > if you guys reading this know who I am talking about can fill in the > gaps. I can't remember the guy next to me from Ontario. Stephan? Has > an 82' grey Automatic, nicely detailed vehicle. > I met these guys around 10:00 AM most were there much earlier on, > Lawrence was there at 6:am, McDonalds owner had free breakfast for > Ferndale Police & fire fighters, I am glad they got to see the car. > People were stopping by to look at the cars, lots of pictures were > taken and questions asked. Ronald McDonald was even there! > At around 1:45PM Marty took off up Woodward to show off the Back to > the Future ride. Let me explain something to you guys reading this. > Woodward cruise has a bandstand of people a reported 2 million > people spanning 20 mile stretch of road. Cars and people flooded the > sidewalks on both sides of Woodward. You drive at a crawls space. > Bike riders sometime join in on the flow. There are 3 lanes on both > sides of the median, the curb lanes are reserved for the show cars. > If you had an ordinary car in this lane people from the curb would > not be kind to you. > I led a caravan of 4 D's with doors up for approximately 15 Miles. I > was in front, Sandor & Brother Gordon 2nd, Lawrence 3rd and last in > line was my friend from Ontario and his Dad 4th. I am not joking > when I tell you that people sitting seemingly bored with seeing > 100's of camaros, vettes, 57 Chevy's Road runners, Chevelles, and > many other amazingly pristine cars, jumped to there feet and > sometimes cheered as we crept by. People were holding signs with > perfect 10 (some of the girls holding the signs were also perfect > 10's; I let them know of course). Sandor was tossing postcards he > attained from DMCH to crowds as he drove by. There were total > reactions of Joy when this took place. It was like receiving the > Gold ticket from a Willy Wonka chocolate bar! The cards are actually > very cool, it bullets some facts about the car on the back, the > front has a dynamite picture of the front of the car angled shot > with clouds in the background. Sad reminder that John is no longer > here, is that on the back of the card it says he resides in New > Jersey. > Thousands of pictures were taken of us, I am not joking. People > would run out in front of me to stop the train to take pics. I > definitely catered to those that wanted to take pictures. If I saw > someone fumbling with their camera, I would stop let them get > settled and have them take their best pic of the day. Ask Sandor, > its true, the poor guy was behind me. > > Flipping great time. Next year we seriously need to do something > Big. I say D-REX leads the Caravan of lots of D's. > > Thanks for reading. > > Byron To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/