METRO DETROIT — When members of the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce needed to find classic cars from 1972 for a special golden anniversary event, a bright orange Corvette Stingray and a Rallye Red Plymouth Duster pulled right up.

METRO DETROIT — Every time Rick Gaines starts up the 1967 Pontiac Catalina that once belonged to his wife’s grandfather, he says the same thing.

ROSEVILLE — “Isn’t that pretty?” Mike Pankake said when opening the front passenger door of his red 1965 Chevy Impala. “Everything is custom. There is nothing stock on the car. The dashboard is all digital. It’s a fuel-injected motor.”

METRO DETROIT — Fifteen years ago, Elaine Vermeersch and her husband, John, purchased a Scotty trailer that the previous owner had begun decorating with an “I Love Lucy” theme.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Detroit Auto Show might have motorists dreaming of the vehicles of the future, but that doesn’t mean they can’t still appreciate the cars of the past.

DETROIT — After a two-year hiatus, the North American International Auto Show has returned to Detroit.

METRO DETROIT — Whenever Royal Oak resident Maurice Peyton takes his Polaris Slingshot open-air roadster out for a drive, people notice.

METRO DETROIT — On Sept. 9, Ruthy Bedard will sit down with local documentary filmmaker Keith Famie for an interview about her 1936 Ford Coupe 3-window.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Shine up that chrome and start those engines: the 28th annual Shorewood Kiwanis Club of St. Clair Shores Harper Charity Cruise is driving into town from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 31.

FRASER — The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6691 in Fraser is inviting the public to rev their engines for a good cause with its 10th annual car show.

FERNDALE — The rev of the engines soared around downtown Ferndale as the annual Woodward Dream Cruise celebrated its 27th year.

METRO DETROIT — Thinking back to his childhood in metro Detroit, Mark Boettcher remembers the four-speed 1968 Chevrolet Corvette that his older brother, Don Boettcher, owned.

ROYAL OAK — The 2022 Woodward Dream Cruise, founded in 1995, will roll into town Saturday, Aug. 20.

CLAWSON — The Clawson Lions Club is gearing up to host its annual Down on Main Street car show on Saturday, Aug. 13. The event, now in its 24th year, takes place one week before the Woodward Dream Cruise and is the club’s largest fundraiser.

BERKLEY — Hundreds of classic vehicles will find their way to downtown Berkley this month for the annual CruiseFest Classic Car Parade.

FERNDALE — Ferndale, where the Woodward Dream Cruise began in 1995, is planning the event’s return home.

BIRMINGHAM — The Woodward Dream Cruise has taken metro Detroit back to the ‘50s and ‘60s since 1995.

EASTPOINTE — A group of local war veterans got behind their steering wheels July 21 at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in Eastpointe.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — As summer comes to the metro Detroit area, the familiar sight of custom and classic cars cruising along thoroughfares returns from Woodward to Van Dyke avenues and everywhere in between.

STERLING HEIGHTS — In 1980, Michael Kehoe was debating between a 1980 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. After mulling it over, Kehoe chose the Vette.