Check out Tyndall Ford’s 33rd Annual Custom Car Cruise
There were plenty of classic cars to dazzle at at the 33rd Annual Custom Car Cruise hosted by Tyndall Ford on Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Friends With Classic Cars recently brought the community together for a show highlighting vintage cars and horse-drawn carriages in the rebuilding of Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood.
this was 6th The show is held twice a year, in the spring and fall at Etheldra Mae Williams Park. The fall show, held on October 11th and 12th, focused primarily on American classic cars, but there were also some German and Japanese classics on display. The biggest attraction of the show wasn’t the cars, but the horses.
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The main theme of the show was how horse-drawn carriages transitioned from the original horse-drawn carriage invented by Karl Benz in 1886 to today’s automobiles. Some of the oldest cars on display included a 1925 Garden four-door inline-six sedan, a 1926 Ford Model T formerly owned by Faygo Beverage Co., a 1932 Rincon Continental, and several other classic and antique cars.
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Horses for the event were transported by Queen Carriage Horserides. Founder Sabrina Cesaire has a stable of horses available for booking events in the Detroit area.
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The Brightmoor area has been a struggle for many years. There was even a Hollywood horror movie called “The Barbarian” set in this neighborhood. Michael Williams, a Detroit native and leader of the Etheldra May Foundation, has been working with the community to rebuild the region. He hosts events at the park he named after his mother. Many of the vehicles on display at the show are from his collection.
“This was a haven for illegal dumping, illegal drug abuse, prostitution, abandoned cars and homes,” Williams said. Over the years, great efforts have been made to make the area safer with free community events that are open to everyone. “I bought some properties with some partners at auction in Wayne County, and we created what we have here today,” he said.
Kenan Thompson is a car culture reporter for the Detroit Free Press. Contact Keenan at kthompson@freepress.com. Follow him on Instagram @keenanaautos. To sign up automotive newsletter. become a subscriber.
