This is the weekend that car-lovers wait for each year, the Woodward Dream Cruise weekend.
The free event has been rolling down Woodward Ave. since 1995.
Spectators hit outdoor patios and sidewalks to gawk at cars spanning generations.
Cruise President Greg Rassel says told AM800's Patty Handysides the concept may not change every year, but all those cars are still a sight to see.
"It's really the history of the automobile that comes alive every year for this event,"says Rassel. "You can put up the same Christmas decorations every year, but everything comes out this time of year and it's fresh."
Rassel says it's not just a car show, it's a social event for the participants.
"These car clubs have created their own communities where they get together at these car shows up and down Woodward Ave. and talk about their cars and what they've done to it the past year," he says.
If the show proves one thing, it's that people love cars, according to Rassel.
"We have like 40,000 classic cars over the course of the weekend and we draw somewhere around 750,000 people every year," he says.
The main event in metro Detroit kicks of Saturday at 11am and wraps up at 7:30pm.
— with files from AM800's Patty Handysides.