Jews
Who
Cruise
Michael Surnow
from page 53
we all read Hot Rod magazine and
drooled over GTOs, Corvettes,
Mustangs and Camaros. We never
had the money for those kinds of
cars, but we always had the passion for
them. Whenever you saw a GTO, you
would run over and look at it. It was so
cool.
So when you get to be in your 50s, you
can afford one now, and you want one,
so whatever your dream cars were, you
went out and got them, restored them
or bought them already restored. I think
that's what's really driven the whole mus-
de car rebirth over the last 15 years:'
Will the next generation keep it
going? "No, they won't, and I'm going to
tell you why. They don't have an affinity
for these cars. They didn't grow up with
them or lust after them. Most young kids
don't really care about what they call 'old'
cars. There are some who do, but most
don't:
Any favorite cruise memories? "I
remember the year of the big power fail-
ure. We had bought all this food, and you
couldn't get ice anywhere. All the ice was
sold out. One of the guy's wives found an
ice sculptor and was able to persuade him
to sell two huge blocks of ice to her. They
were huge. We could hardly lift them. We
carried them over and busted them up.
Michael Surnow, Michael Kunzman
and Andy Adelson check under the
hood of Adelson's 1969 Mustang.
We kept everything cold all day, and it
was great:
What non-cruisers may not know:
"All of these cars need continuous main-
tenance, and I mean continuous, because
they are old — 40 or 50 years old. You
don't know what shape the car is going to
be in from day to day. It's not like a pas-
senger car, where you just get in it and
drive away. You don't know what's going
to happen:"
Is this a year-round hobby? "Yes. In
the wintertime, I put the cruisers away,
but the Mustang race car generally needs
the engine rebuilt over the winter so I do
that, and it takes me working on week-
ends the whole winter to do it:'
Is this hobby No. 1 for you? "Yes, cars
and bicycling."
What's your dream car? "The car I
really want to get is a Ford GT, but I'd
have to give one car up because I don't
have the time or the space to have more
cars. It takes up all my time'
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Michael Kunzman from page 53
Andy Andelson from page 53
Where do you keep them? "I keep
four or five cars at home. I've got an extra
garage. I keep the rest of them in the
shop behind my building. There's room
in the building for what I call my toy sec-
tion:'
How did you get started? "I've been
a car nut all my life. I probably started
when I was 15 or 16 years old. My first
car was a 1947 Ford Coupe. I started drag
racing in school — around 1959 or so:'
Which car for the Dream Cruise?
"I don't know yet. It all depends on the
weather. My wife will take one of the
convertibles:'
How often do you cruise? "I probably
do half a dozen to a dozen cruises a year.
I used to do a lot more. I used to go every
weekend, but I've started racing again,
and that takes more time:'
Where do you race? ".At Milan
Dragway mostly. I race the '71 Nova:'
What's best about cruising? "I love
the driving and the camaraderie when
you're at these places — all these people
with the same interests:'
Your next dream car? "I'm out of
space and energy. I don't want to buy any
more"
Final thoughts: "I'm blessed that my
hobby became my business. I've had the
business since 1971 — 41 years:'
How did you get started? "When I
was young, we were on Woodward a lot,
watching the cars race. And when I was
old enough, I got my own car and went
racing on Woodward:
First car: "A 1968 Pontiac Firebird
350, 4-speed:'
Which car for Dream Cruise 2012?
"I'll take my Drag Pack Mustang, and
then I'll take the race car:'
Is this a year-long hobby for you?
"You can't do much in the winter
because Milan is closed, but I do look to
buy and sell cars all year-round. Before
the recession, I restored about 100 vari-
ous Mustangs. I owned my own restora-
tion business. I had a big building in
Pontiac and would buy mostly Shelby
Mustangs. I sold about 10 cars to a guy
in Northern California who owns his
own museum:'
How often do you cruise? "I used
to go on all the cruises —Telegraph,
Gratiot, the cruise auctions in
Auburn, Ind. I've been to almost every
Woodward Dream Cruise. We usually
throw a big party:'
What do you like best about cruis-
es? "Just looking at the cars:'
Your dream car? "The new Boss 302
that Ford is making looks pretty good
to me."
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