In the early 1970's, around a dozen guys from the Grand Rapids area were definitely into cars.  They talked cars and they had cars.  They talked about other car clubs, the Diablo's and the Pharough's, and they decided they would form a club of their own.  Thus "Range Rods and Street Machines" was born.  It was strictly a 'guys' club for several years, but as interest grew the wives and kids started attending the meetings.  The club focused on getting together for a good time and they had a car show each year.
 
In 1984 there were about twelve couples in the club and they decided that they needed a name change; Range Rods and Street Machines was a bit of a mouthful.  After putting together a list of possibilities the members decided to change the club name to 'Northern Cruisers Car Club'.  They meet once a month and what started as a guys group had become a family activity.
 
In 2011 we held our "27th Annual" Northern Cruisers Weekend of Wheels Car Show.  Our membership has grown from twelve couples to forty couples and a few singles; and everyone is having a blast.  Some of the original members have married and raised their kids during the last twenty five years.  We don't have many kids right now but we're always looking for new member families.
 
We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM at Dave Bishop's shop. You don't have to own a show car to belong to our club... You just have to love cars! Come check us out!