Galaxie Gathering Number 31 was held on Saturday, August 21, 2010 starting at 8:00 am as part of the 16th Annual Woodward Dream Cruise at the Royal Oak Ford Body Shop in Royal Oak, Michigan. This is the first year that the Woodward Dream Cruise was an organized event for the Motor City Galaxie Club. Festivities that day were hosted by John & Elaine Vermeersch of Total Performance.
The weather pretty much sucked, cool and steady rain from mid-morning on. Thank you to the 18 members and 13 spouses who attended with 16 Galaxies and 4 other Fords:
Jack Bakewell - 1962 Galaxie 500 Club Sedan
Adrian & Cheryl Clements - 1967 Galaxie 500 convertible & 1967 Country Squire 4-door 5+4 passenger station wagon
CT - 1962 Galaxie 500 Sunliner
Dennis Emmi - 1961 Galaxie Sunliner
Larry Grice & Vicky Leader - 1961 Galaxie Starliner
Mike & Maureen Mansfield - 1961 Galaxie Sunliner
Ian & Minerva O'Donnell - 1964 Galaxie 500/XL 2-door hardtop
Jerry Ostalecki - 2011 Shelby GT500 Coupe
Bill Recker & Robin Cook - 1962 Galaxie 500 Club Victoria
Gerry & Susan Silka - 1963 Galaxie 500 Sports Hardtop
Larry & Lynn Slevin - 1966 Fairlane GT convertible
Lou & Denise Szuch - 1964 Fairlane 500 Hardtop
Scott & Theresa Thompson - 1964 Galaxie 500 4-door sedan
Clay & Janna Titus - 1962 Galaxie 500/XL Club Victoria
John & Elaine Vermeersch - 1957 Ranch Wagon 2-door station wagon & 1961 Galaxie Starliner
Doug Wilcox - 1963 Galaxie 500 Sports Hardtop * new member - welcome!
Dan & Janice Wilson - 1966 Galaxie 500/XL 2-door hardtop
Don & Joan Zalewski - 1965 Galaxie 500/XL convertible
Denny & Debbie Cuddington, Pat D'Aloisio, Keri & Lance Plezia, Ron Schrade, and Dave & Caroline Warner also stopped by the show. Put your mouse pointer over the thumbnails below of the cars in attendance at Galaxie Gathering Number 31 to see the owner's name and the type of car, and then left click on the thumbnails below to see larger pictures:
Here are some photos looking down the rows of Motor City Galaxie Club members' cars:
Here are a few photos of some of the Motor City Galaxie Club members present at Galaxie Gathering Number 31 relaxing at the Woodward Dream Cruise (captions listed below each photo):
From left to right, background to foreground: Philip Warner, Dave Warner, Bill Jeffrey, Caroline Warner, Cheryl Clements, Sue Silka, and Gerry Silka.
From left to right, background to foreground: Larry Grice, Vicky Leader, Dan Wilson, Janice Wilson, Larry Slevin, and Lynn Slevin.
Please click on the documents below to
view the event flyer. The first two documents will open scans of the event
flyer, while the third document will open a pdf version of the event flyer,
either of which can be printed once open, if so desired (if you don't yet have
Adobe® Reader® installed on your computer, then click 
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As listed in the event flyer above, to reserve your spot (spots are reserved on a first come, first served basis), make your check or money order for $100 payable to "Total Performance", and send it to:
Total Performance
44050 N Groesbeck Hwy
Clinton Township MI 48036-1108
SPOTS ARE NOT RESERVED UNTIL MONEY IS RECEIVED.
The Royal Oak Ford Body Shop is located on the east side of Woodward Avenue in between 12 Mile and 13 Mile Roads. For those of you wishing to use your GPS or www.mapquest.com to get to the Royal Oak Ford Body Shop, the street address is 30002 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak, MI, 48073-0909. Here's a map showing the location of the Royal Oak Ford Body Shop, which is indicated by the red star in the center of the map:
The Woodward Dream Cruise is the one Detroit-area old car event not to be missed. Thanks for coming out and having a blast!