Dream cruise/Bricks 24 Please add any/all of your photos from the events here

[JUSTA6]

So the kickoff of the Back to the Bricks in Flint was last night.  Widetracker club met up with a great parking spot. After some "seek N find" caught up with the group and waited for Frosty to arrive.  IndyJoe backed out.  Quick HI to the club members and welcome home to our club President who has had some extremely serious health issues.  We were heading to cruise the Bricks.  Hard start to Frosty's car and I was gonna back his timing off a bit on his 455.  We didn't have the correct tools.  Brings up the question of how to get around the heater hose to get to the timing hold down.   My timing hold down wrench is in the GTO at home of course.  Can see Frosty posting a thread on this.  Anyway took a lil over a half hour to get to Flint/Bricks, (normal 10min trip) I turned around and Frosty went in search of his brother.  2hrs later I'm not back to the club parking yet.  Floor of the car is burning up, engine temp is 160 (thankz again to the new fan I installed)   Need to close/latch the hood after showing off the hydraulic's,  and pull the headlight covers.  Lights show through, but not enough to safely drive the backroads without proper lighting. We also have a deer playin in the road problem here.  So stop to get gas and take care of the rest and the car will not start.  I have lights, power but not even a click.  Hooked up my jump box and battery is full charge.  Starter got too hot.  Now imagine two old people pushin the car to POP start it.  That didn't work well,  got help a number of times, but still no start. Compression is waay to high.  Nobody else to call,  Frosty to the rescue.  No tow strap, he did offer to drive us home N leave the car at the gas station.  Yea NO.  Give Momma a ride home and I'll sleep in the car if necessary til a flatbed truck shows up.  He did have 2 brand new RoadKill ratchet straps. Never tried to POP start a car in reverse.  This Justa breaks ratchet straps.  I did have 1 unbroken strap, let's see if we can break that one too.  Hooked it to the front and tried POP startin in 3rd gear.  NOPE but hit the key with the POP and it turned over N fired up.....Whew.   Got home, backed in the garage.  Shut it off, JUSTA for shit's n giggles tried to start it N nope.  Side note... 44 years and it's never been on a tow truck.  Always been able to find a way to limp it home.    Frosty....   

[64 kiwi boni]

JustA watching the cruise on u tube fox 2 👍

[Frosty]

I walked past the Fox 2 folks a couple of times. Got photos of them broadcasting. I’m the fat guy in the red t-shirt! 
 

I didn’t cruise much as it started raining around 10-10:30 and rained til almost 4:00. Then it got bright, hot and humid. I was also interviewed on the M1 Concourse network. The lady named Holly asked me about my car and the reason for all the tigers Pontiac owners often have. I explained the tiger advertising of the day and how Pontiac exploited it. It might even be available on the M1’s wednsite now or soon.

Jusyta and I had to meet the Widetrackers early this morning. JUSTA had more Sunbird issues so he got his material,for,the weekend for himself,,JustaG6, and his other son-in-law. 
 

 I am planning a dawn patrol run down Woodward before pulling into M1 tomorrow morning. I don’t want to take chances with Lucy given my hot start issues. I’m going to spring for a heat shield and a mini-torque starter once I get home from Hilton Head .

[JUSTA6]

15 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

JustA watching the cruise on u tube fox 2 👍

ABC Channel 7 in Detroit is the official station,  They broadcast live from 7 to 9pm.

[64 kiwi boni]

7 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

ABC Channel 7 in Detroit is the official station,  They broadcast live from 7 to 9pm.

Thanks justA 

i will see if I can find it 👍

[JUSTA6]

Spent yesterday trying to figure out the draw on the battery.  Hooked up jump box, by the time I rolled out from under the car, the whole garage was filled with smoke,  rollin out the hole in the hood.  Batt charger was not working, used a trickle charger to get enough juice to open the hood latch and finally the hood.  Tried to inspect wiring to see how badly its burnt, couldnt see most of it and only the bottom.  Couldn't find a short situation.  Battery finally started charging.  Hit the key and it turned over,  let it charge and it fired up. checked by hand for heat or problems in main wiring. Started it many times and it seemed OK.  Off we go into the Woodward madness.  It was packed, drove about 4mi in stop/go traffic.  Got off headed home before it got dark. Didn't make it.  When I turned on the lights.....it died.  With a lil help from peeps around me, pushed it off for a second nite of stranded.  Was able to call my brother in law. Took about an hour on the jumper cables to fire the motor, no lights n drove to JustaG6's to park the car til this am.  Battery switch N drove it home between rain drops.  Thinkin it's the Altenator, Took over co-pilot from my daughter and cruised the Day in their 69 Rivera.  Dodging rain drops was the worse part of the day.  Rest was most excellent.

[Frosty]

Translation:

Justa had all sorts of car problems with the Sunbird since Wednesday night. He effed around with it until late into the afternoon of the Dream Cruise. He finally got pissed off enough that he said eff this and hitched a ride with his daughter and son-in-law to the Dream Cruise.

Seriously, JUSTA has had some issues with the car. If his battery has gone to hell, I’m not so sure that he might have an alternator problem, I’ve suggested to him to have the alternator and battery checked. I had an S-10 Blazer that blew two batteries and a starter because the alternator failed.

[JUSTA6]

20 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Thanks justA 

i will see if I can find it 👍

Did ya find it?  they Justa rebroadcasted this AM.  They will usually rebroadcast again, later in the week.

[64 kiwi boni]

6 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Did ya find it?  they Justa rebroadcasted this AM.  They will usually rebroadcast again, later in the week.

sure did JustA ... currently on day 9 of a nasty flu bug, and found that i can watch u tube on the telly !!

[JUSTA6]

Bummer but cool. Feel better soon. After watching our coverage of the Bricks in Flint, Fox news @ M1 and ABC coverage of the cruise, add in a dash of Christmas in Frankenmuth.  Hope to see ya next year!

[JUSTA6]

On 8/18/2024 at 7:34 AM, Frosty said:

Translation:

Justa had all sorts of car problems with the Sunbird since Wednesday night. He effed around with it until late into the afternoon of the Dream Cruise. He finally got pissed off enough that he said eff this and hitched a ride with his daughter and son-in-law to the Dream Cruise.

Seriously, JUSTA has had some issues with the car. If his battery has gone to hell, I’m not so sure that he might have an alternator problem, I’ve suggested to him to have the alternator and battery checked. I had an S-10 Blazer that blew two batteries and a starter because the alternator failed.

Changed the battery to a fully charged (out of the GTO) to drive it home.  Made it with no probs, but gauge was only showing 8amp on both battery's.  Leads me back to ALT.  Need to do something quick. We have the Motorcity Widetrackers show next weekend.

[Frosty]

Push comes to shove, put in a new stock alternator (granted it's not chrome or polished). That will get you home and back and you have a spare in case you need it. You can worry about replacing everything inside the chrome one when you have time this winter.

[JUSTA6]

Chrome one is on the GTO.  Birds is hand polished.  Gonna try the GTO's and have the Birds checked before dismantling 2 cars. 

[64 kiwi boni]

9 minutes ago, JUSTA6 said:

Chrome one is on the GTO.  Birds is hand polished.  Gonna try the GTO's and have the Birds checked before dismantling 2 cars. 

smells like a alternator issue too me to JustA, havent ya got a frendly auto sparky who can look at it ? 

[JUSTA6]

Any Auto parts store here can test it.  Need to catch up with the yardwork and pull it off the car to test tomorrow.   Feelin any better?

[Frosty]

I hope you don’t expect a serious answer to that question.

[64 kiwi boni]

6 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Any Auto parts store here can test it.  Need to catch up with the yardwork and pull it off the car to test tomorrow.   Feelin any better?

yeah mate, good enough to go to work today , never had flu as bad as this before 

[JUSTA6]

8 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

yeah mate, good enough to go to work today , never had flu as bad as this before 

Glad your up and about. Hope Momma don't come down with it and you 2 keep passin it back n forth.

[64 kiwi boni]

6 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Glad your up and about. Hope Momma don't come down with it and you 2 keep passin it back n forth.

she sure did/has, still got it too, along with the Daughter, son in law, and both grandies..... justA sharing the love !!! hahahaha

[Frosty]

Back to the Bricks Photos

This '63 Grand Prix turned out to be a fellow Widetracker!

 

Now the carnage from that night - trying to pull start the Sunbird

JUSTA has indeed replaced my ratchet straps! LOL!

[Frosty]

Woodward Dream Cruise at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.

 

The Cadillac Cyclone concept car from the 1950s.

1964 GTO with Tri-power

 

Orbit Orange '70 Judge

 

Outside was a tribute to all GTOs as this was the 60th anniversary of the GTO.

An old NASCAR GTO

I can honestly say I've never seen a GTO or Judge in this shade of yellow / beige.

Yes - this is ReveredGTO's '72 Goat

This very rare Mint Turquoise Judge belongs to Tim Dye. It's probably the rarest color GTO or Judge for 1970. Not many were produced in this color.

 

 

This '73 reminds me of my Lemans Sport Coupe I had out of high school.

 

A rare X-body '74

 

The 2004-2006 GTOs

 

This is from the GM Heritage Collection. This 2006  is the last GTO ever made.

 

This is a Lingenfelter special edition GTO. I love the wide body kit.

Edited September 29 by Frosty

[Frosty]

We have a couple of original Funny Cars from back in the day. Jungle Jim Liebernan's Camaro and Bruce Larnson's US-1 Camaro.

I love this photo of the car actually leaving the ground! That's what I call torque!

 

Did I mention we had a little cackle fest too?

 

 

Edited September 29 by Frosty

[Frosty]

Late in the day on Saturday, there was a police escorted parade of Pontiacs - going from the M1 to downtown Pontiac. The GTOs were lined up first since it was the 60th anniversary of the GTO. The attendants were paying attention that I was really a Lemans and stuck me with the GTO (who am I to argue?). The other Pontiac models followed behind.

Once downtown, the mayor of Pontiac made a small speech and declared it Pontiac GTO Day in Pontiac with a special city council proclamation. 

Getting in line for the parade/escort.

Of course I have Lucy's top down and it starts to rain. Damn it!

On our way....I decided to temp fate and put the top back down after it stopped raining.

Seriously - a pink Trans Am? Ugh.

Here we are downtown. Oh wait, we are facing the wrong way! So we literally all had to back up and turn around - startng at the back. So when I arrived, I was near the front, Leaving I'm at the back. Gotta love governmental hurry-up-n-wait activites.

 

The mayor holding the proclamation with the owner of the '74 GTO. The city gave us all a copy of the proclamation too. 

 

Now we are facing the right way to leave and the mayor gives his speech. Tim Dye receives the formal proclamation from the mayor for the work on the PTM.

 

The mayor and city council present a couple of awards for their favorite Pontiacs.

 

The owner of the Orbit Orange Judge asks me to get in behind him so we can cruise back to M1 together as The Judge and The Jury. Why not? It was cool. The whole procession back to M1 was led by the Monkeemobile - which was very cool!

 

[Frosty]

I got down to Woodward around 8:30-9:00 am Saturday morning to do a dawn patrol run up Woodward. I took I-75 to I-696 and got off at Woodward, near the Detroit Zoo, which is near the south end of the Dream Cruise. It was truly bizarre. I made the run from Huntington Woods back to Pontiac in record time. Traffic was light on northbound Woodward at this hour. I think I only stopped for 3-4 traffic lights total! Truly a unicorn run for me.

 

Ah Vinsetta's Garage - a former 99-year old mechanic shop that was converted into a restaurant. There was a short lived TV show with Courtney Hansen with the same name.

The Shrine of the Little Flower. I often get my Woodward signs here at the church's elementary school parking lot on the right here.

 

Many folks consider Duggan's as ground zero for the Dream Cruise.

 

I consider this light traffic during the Dream Cruise.

 

Got to watch these two drag off the light. The GTO had the better burn out that the Monte Carlo and beat him out of the hole too! Pontiacs Forever!