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[h=1]Classics bring the masses, but cute steals the show at Woodward Dream Cruise[/h]
ROYAL OAK, MI -- In a sea of long, elegant, classic American cars Saturday at Memorial Park, one small, yellow, bug-eyed car didn't quite fit in, but attracted plenty of attention.
And its proud, jovial owner, Joe Lambert of Clinton Township, was beside it all day in his 20th Woodward Dream Cruise, offering photos in the driver's seat to any woman and child who approached.
He bought the 1959 Austin Healey while in high school in 1970.
"The call it a Bug-eyed Sprite. In England they call it a Frogeye," said Lambert, 63.
He bought it then because it attracted girls. He's kept it since because his wife said so.
"Girls like this car. Kids like this car. It's cute," he said.
"I hate that word, but... I'm used to it."
Lambert was one of thousands of car fanatics who gathered in Detroit's northern suburbs along Woodward Avenue for the Dream Cruise, which organizers call the world's largest one-day auto event.
Some 1.5 million people and 40,000 cars were expected to visit Detroit's northern suburbs along Woodward Avenue for the festivities Saturday.
https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/08/classics_bring_the_masses_but.html
ROYAL OAK, MI -- In a sea of long, elegant, classic American cars Saturday at Memorial Park, one small, yellow, bug-eyed car didn't quite fit in, but attracted plenty of attention.
And its proud, jovial owner, Joe Lambert of Clinton Township, was beside it all day in his 20th Woodward Dream Cruise, offering photos in the driver's seat to any woman and child who approached.
He bought the 1959 Austin Healey while in high school in 1970.
"The call it a Bug-eyed Sprite. In England they call it a Frogeye," said Lambert, 63.
He bought it then because it attracted girls. He's kept it since because his wife said so.
"Girls like this car. Kids like this car. It's cute," he said.
"I hate that word, but... I'm used to it."
Lambert was one of thousands of car fanatics who gathered in Detroit's northern suburbs along Woodward Avenue for the Dream Cruise, which organizers call the world's largest one-day auto event.
Some 1.5 million people and 40,000 cars were expected to visit Detroit's northern suburbs along Woodward Avenue for the festivities Saturday.
https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/08/classics_bring_the_masses_but.html