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.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Lynn Anderson was a child in the late 1960s when her mom and dad took her to the Bel-Air Drive-In Theater in Detroit to see “The Love Bug.”

ROSEVILLE — “Seeing this just takes you back in time,” Kathy DiCenzo said as the 23rd annual Cruisin’ Gratiot switched into gear June 18.

ROCHESTER HILLS — During his first year in college in 1994, Jeff Grillo was paired with roommate Bob Johnson Jr. at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Over the last year, Farmington Hills resident Taylor Gray has relished her experience driving across the country in a vehicle 27 feet in length and shaped like a hot dog.

EASTPOINTE — Display those fuzzy rearview-mirror dice and shine that chrome: It’s time to cruise Gratiot Avenue in Eastpointe.