A dad’s obsession with old Chevy’s first spread to his sons and now his grandsons. Gino Lepore, 65, said he used to be a well-known racer in the Sault with his 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger infamously nicked named ’340 plus tax’ — ‘340’  in reference to the motor size and the ‘tax’ in reference to his car's special extra oomph..

Once upon a time young people who had their driver’s license and perhaps the use of the family car or even better, your own car would spend Friday and Saturday nights “cruising Queen” It was the “cool thing” to do in the 50’s , 60’s and 70’s.

At around 4 p.m. vintage vehicles and sports cars started showing up in the parking lot of the Essar Centre before participating in 'the cruise' down Bay Street and Queen Street...

Co-Chair Gary Trembinski remembers the good old days, and explains that the Queen Street Cruise is like taking a trip down memory lane...

Just like 40 years ago, Queen street was the place to be Friday night with the inaugural Queen Street Cruise festival . SaultOnline cameras were there to capture all the excitement – take a look!

It was almost a rite of passage into adulthood, if you just got your driver’s license, chances are you and your friends were cruising Queen Friday night to “check out stock” or go for coffee at any number of diners along the strip between East and Dennis streets decades ago in Sault Ste. Marie...

Calling all baby boomers and friends, Queen Street Cruisin' time is here at last!

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Get those engines revving or grab your piece of pavement on Queen Street to watch the first annual Queen Street Cruise event...

Remember downtown nights in the ’70s; “hot” cars, bumper-to-bumper, cruising the Queen-Bay circle.

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Some were a bit old — patched up, painted and shined — some trucks, some sporty, some the family bus. Lots of the latest — at the time — were what people think of now as classics...

Get your cars, trucks, customs and hot rods ready, because the Queen Street Cruise Committee and its partners are proud to release the schedule of events for the inaugural Queen Street Cruise taking place June 17th and 18th, 2016...

Do you remember the days cruising Queen Street in your ’65 Ford Mustang? Maybe you were heading to meet up with some friends to check out their cars and hang out. Unfortunately, for many of us, those days have come and gone.

But, those days are not gone forever...

Proud as palominos, Terry and Gary Trembinski were coasting downtown in Terry's resplendent '69 Camaro.

Gary was just a kid then, five years younger than his brother.

Ever a font of wisdom about the stuff every young male needs to know, Terry was counselling Gary on the rudiments of the Queen Street Cruise.

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"Two things you gotta remember," Terry told the kid...

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