Organizers and participants of the Detroit tradition are celebrating 30 years of vintage cars, hotrods and so much more.

The Dream Cruise started as a fundraiser for soccer fields and quickly grew to become one of the nation's biggest car events.

Michael Lary, president of the Woodward Dream Cruise board, said the event is being kept alive by "loyal auto enthusiasts" as well as young people, who are "going to keep the classics running”. It's simply the passion that makes an individual “buy an old rust bucket,