Steven89Iroc

I just moved here in November and i've seen a few nice thirdgens in the area, just wondering if they belong to any of you guys.
I know 83CrossfireTA is real close, but I haven't met him yet. Anyone else?

ZZ4 86 Z28

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got a few friends with really nice third gens up here in rockville. maybe wel have a local meet sometime.

JAYDUBB

I work in College Park/Riverdale and live in Clinton.

I dont know of any meets. Maybe ZZ4 can keep us posted about the meets that he goes to. Are you referring to the Starbucks on 355?

a383z

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I live in Upper marlboro and there are usally two meets Arby's in upper marlboro at the corner of rt 4 and 301 and there some guys who meet at the BLVD in Landover on Fridays there a few more but nobodys doing anything cause of winter I am spending most of my time getting my 3rd gen ready for spring.

krisb410

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Welcome to the traffic nightmare of the east coast. There is a huge gathering in Ocean City that you absolutly can't miss. As it gets warmer, you will see posts about more local meets.

ZZ4 86 Z28

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eh the 355 meet kinda sucks. only reason i go is cause i live right up the street and have a lot of friends who go there. probably not worth it to come from more than 20 minutes away. sometimes there isnt even anyone there at all.

toxik IROC

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college park exit is 25b and my exit is 29... im in silver spring/wheaton area so im real close but right now im across the word till the 16th.....{finally found a comp}

Steven89Iroc

Cool, hopefully there will be a meet in spring that I can attend. Nice to hear some of you are around.

I hear you on the traffic nightmare! It's insane! All the time!

ZZ4 86 Z28

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wow a 90 iroc, with a twin turbo 350 and a t56. i must see this car.

Stevo

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Ya i hit up the rockville meets a few times in the summer...it was fun when we had a lot of people come...kinda, id rather hang out at the track friday nights this coming season.

IROCU2

JAYDUBB,

Small world I live in Temple Hills off of Route 5. We need to hook up sometime.

Legal Disaster

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talk about a small world..I live in upper marlboro, and work in temple hills. Right now my Iroc is a garage queen, but if I play my cards right I'll have her out alot longer this year.

Steven89Iroc

Legal Disaster

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We should try to get a big car show going this summer. I don't think we should keep it just third gens, because then it may not have that good of a turn out, maybe all domestics or even leave it open for everybody. But it would be sweet to have a car show organized by third gen folk.

toxik IROC

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alot of small show happen in rockville on friday nights also clearer to collage park in siver spring abunch of friends and i meet up in the lot by my house cars vary alot but cruzin is comin up and its not that far away but its coo to have sumthing more local so lets get somthin going for when the snow clears/sand

Steven89Iroc

What?

Okay. When + where? Probably sometime when it hits 70* again this winter.


I'm okay with having a domestic car show in the area. As with most, though, it would likely be 95% old muscle cars.

toxik IROC

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yeh sorry about my post i dont make too much sense most of the time

FordGirlGoneBad

I know College Park well, but haven't visited the area in a very long time. I would like to get the gang together again in Rockville for an f-body gathering. Also, every month another board gets together in Virginia -- this month we're heading to the Auto Show in DC (Jan 27th) -- but I think the b/f wants to go to the show so I may not make it until the 28th. Rumor has it that the new Camaro will be there...I've got my fingers crossed.

ZZ4 - do you think we could get one scheduled around April for the first Rockville gathering of the year at CiCi's like we did last year? All cars welcome?

By the way -- I would absolutely love to drool over your twin turbo L98 T56...how do you keep it under 55? LOL!

toxik IROC

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adam, if you dont wana or can call cici's i can i got some time on my hands and need somthin to do

fordgirlgonebad- nice to hear from you ,its been awhile. you gona bring out the purple car or sumthin new? im up for all cars invited but as long as no one does anything stupid to get us kicked out of the lot.

*cici= pizza shop in rockville,md on 355 . with ample parking good food,wich is all you can eat for like 7 or 8 bux!

to the rest- im gona try and write more clearly from now on. sorry about that

FordGirlGoneBad

You're right - it has been a while. My computer crashed a while back and I lost all my favorites -- I'm back on most now, but had forgotten about thirdgen.org until someone on Motortopia reminded - my bad!

And YES, I do have something new. I got a wrecked '99 Camaro 6-cylinder a few months back as a daily driver, but it just doesn't have enough zoom-zoom for me - about three weeks ago I found a salvage '00 Trans Am w/LS1 6-speed...so I bought it. It should be out of the shop at the end of the week. You can see picks of both cars on. I don't have any pics of the Camaro repaired, but I just happened to have a passenger door at the shop, so it was an easy fix for me -- b/f wouldn't agree, he had to weld the entire area under the passenger seat, lol. He tells me the new car will be my favorite -- but I don't think so. I love my purple car, and my T/A vert with the flags, and....oh, well -- I think you get the picture, lol!

I wouldn't mind meeting up on Saturday afternoon even if it's a bit chilly out as long as we don't spend a lot of time outside...I hate the cold. I'll keep checking - you guys keep me posted. I'll see if I can get any interest on the other boards once we have a date and time.

Laurie.

toxik IROC

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this sat? if so im out . my altonator went abit ago and it took my battery with it. cant wait to see your new toys. did you fix the nose of your purpule one from the truck? it sounds like you and your bf are a pretty good team keep it up

shlomo

Stevo

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Hey Laura when do you plan on going to the D.C auto show. Ill be going either saturday or sunday im not sure which yet, let me know when you will be going and Joley and I can come say hi.

ZZ4 86 Z28

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well im in school right now so going to rockville would be a hell of a hike. ill be back at the end of feb for about a week and the end of march for about a week too. summers are good too, im done on may 7th i think.

FordGirlGoneBad

Hey, Steve -- yeah, since I missed you in OC, that would be great. I don't know what time on Sunday, but if you want I could give you a call before we leave - just PM me your cell number.

And, yes, I got the nose fixed. She's back to beautiful - and now the Ford Girl Gone Bad across the front is in silver. It looks much better than the black did. I did some mods this summer - added a 4:10 rear, posi, ignition coil, a couple of other little things but I don't remember what right now. The 4:10 rear is something else - that baby hits 2nd and I get whiplash, lol.

jessed

I'm up in Ellicott City. Nice to see some other third genners in the area. Mine will be in the garage for a while. It needs a lot of work and I don't like to work on it in the cold weather. Getting ready for some meets/shows would motivate me to get it done sooner!

Steven89Iroc

What time is the random board in VA going to the DC show? Heh. I do want to go if not just to see the Camaro. Meeting up with other car people would definitely make it worth $8 (with my IRR military ID).

I wouldn't mind some drool around the IROC, just please refrain from drooling on the IROC.
What is this "keep it under 55" you speak of?

Stevo

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55 is the speed limit around the majority of I495.

I still havent decided if ill be going saturday or sunday...id rather go sunday because saturday the high should be around 51 and thats great weather to get some stuff done on the cars.

FordGirlGoneBad

Check the f-bodyhideout.com in the Eastern section...I don't remember the details, but it's early Saturday morning.

Steven89Iroc

LOL. I was kidding. :P

Oh, thanks. Early might not work out too well, we'll see.

FordGirlGoneBad

Yeah, I have a hard time doing early myself, lol!

Stevo

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Oh ok...i guess your not that "new" around here...cant tell with the internet whats real and whats sarcastic lol.


FordGirlGoneBad - Ive decided im going sunday, just too much to do saturday.

My cell is 571-215-6891, anyone - feel free to call if ud like to meet up.

FordGirlGoneBad

Hey, Stevo - called and left a message on your cell Sunday morning, but no answer. It was incredibly crowded at the show, but well worth it just to see the fifth gen Camaro!

toxik IROC

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i went friday night to the show lesss packed.. i got a penny flatted out with the chevy bowtie and the ss symbol on it and abunch of posters of chevyd and pictures of the cars

Stevo

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I am so sorry Laurie!, i got your message and i meant to call you but i just got completely side tracked once i got in D.C...very hectic trying to find parking then getting into the place was insane...very very packed this year. I must say that new camaro looks awesome in person. Ill be honest i didnt really like it too much from the pictures but it looks aggressive, mean, and just badass in person. IRS, True Duals...kinda sweet on a camaro.

JAY92RSTPI

yeah i stay in laurel and i be in collage park a lot black with red stripes rs i be around trying to get togetherman let me know when da meets r and the rout 5 i be around dat area we do need to get together

robertg

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i was down there a couple of weeks ago picking up a car, and i think 55 is merely a suggestion!

i was doing 60 pulling an empty trailer, and was being passed like i was standing still. same thing while coming back with the car loaded up.

Stevo

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You're a hazard on the road if you are doing 55 on the beltway. lol. Seriously people passing in the right lanes, soccer moms and amigos with 6 packed in the left lane, MD tags not using turn signals driving 80 around everyone, asians in lexus's on cell phones. I hate the beltway yet i have to travel it everyday...

robertg

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:shrug: i was just following the speed limit, especially since i was from out of state.

toxik IROC

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Steven89Iroc

Hey, I'm right across the beltway from there, pretty much. I haven't heard of any meets there, but I could be just missing something.

My IROC still sits under its cover as it has for the last year and a half. It won't 'legally' pass inspection, and I have too many projects to do anything about it anyway. :/ If I had to get rid of everything else, it would still be the one to stay, though.

If there are any meets this summer I'd be glad to come hang out with any of my other legal vehicles, however.
Heck, I'll host a BBQ in my backyard if anyone's up for it. Anyone?

83 Crossfire TA

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Huh, actually, that wouldn’t be a bad place to get together since it’s right off of where the beltway/95 cross. I’m actually just under 10 miles north of there in laurel.

You know, there really isn’t a regular get together anyplace around the area. There used to be a regular weekend night informal “car show” at the tastyfreeze in laurel on rt 1, but that somewhat died out and then the tastyfreeze closed.

There’s a regular Sunday morning thing in Burtonsville, at the amish market (I know, weird) on the corner of 198 and rt29, but to be honest, I’ve never made that one (If I’m going to be up early on a Sunday, it’s not voluntarily, so I’ve driven by but never gone there.

There’s a Saturday afternoon thing in Glen burnie, but that seems to move around some and I don’t know if it’s going on this year, but that has been huge at times.

Getting further out, there’s a regular Saturday afternoon carshow in Olney (Olney plaza, if you know the area there’s a bunch of them in a row, it’s the one with the movie theater and BJ Pumpernickles in it), it’s small but it’s regular. There’s always a few people there that I know from the speed shop that I used to work at.

Out on Rockville pike, they’ve been trying to start a regular get together on Saturdays at 3 brothers, but that has pretty much sucked and last I heard.

There’s the Jimmy cone cruise in Mt Airy, but that’s way out of the way and it happens every other Saturday or something like that.

The only heavily f-body one that I know of is the lowes cruise in that is mentioned on this board, but it’s far enough out of the way that I’ve never gone and have no idea how well it goes.

All that being said, I’d be game for a local get together, and I could actually drag a street legal 3rd gen to it (that’s really ratty on the outside and disassembled inside), or my 4th gen, that is mostly in good shape (for a daily driver), though the last few times it’s been the wife’s sunfire (or the truck when it’s running) because that’s the only one that I can bring the dog in easily and If I’m going to be hanging out outside I’d rather bring her along than leave her home, usually she’s quite good but we noticed at the last car show she was at we noticed that for some reason she’s decided that she likes to lick chrome, which is a bit of a problem…

toxik IROC

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I would like some Local car gatherings and trying to find some. we should start a gettogether spot...its always coo hangin out with other fbodys.......so lets get the ball rollin

83 Crossfire TA

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Wait a minute… what’s the problem with street legal 3rd gens? For almost 2 years they you’ve been able to register a 20 year old car as a classic, so as long as it’s a 88 or older, register it as a classic and you’ll get tags without any inspection… that’s pretty much the only way my ’87 is legal…

Steven89Iroc

Mine's a '90. It still has 1.5 more years. :/

krisb410

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With Chevy bringing the Camaro nameplate back out, we'll have to wait until our cars are 25 years old until we can get "Historic" or "Street Rod" tags.

Stevo

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A get together would encourage me to drive my car. It sits most of the time, its not that road worthy and race gas is pretty expensive in a street driven car but i would make the trip out to college park, its right around the beltway. Then again my car is a little ruff in spots so i'm kinda self conscious about it.

Steven89Iroc

Beginning in 2007, Maryland changed the law so that any car 20 years old or more can get 'historic' tags (with the associated restrictions), regardless of whether or not the nameplate is still used. If that law holds until mine is that old remains to be seen, but that is how it currently sits.

Stevo, don't feel bad. "90 IROC-Z twin-turbo 350 6-speed" sounds real good on paper and may even look decent in pictures, but it's not exactly show quality, or even driveable (legally or reliably).
I'd like to see yours regardless of condition.

Thirdgens are definitely a rare sight on the roads anymore, I wouldn't mind drooling over a few more.

toxik IROC, why'd you edit your posts? It makes mine look kinda , heh.

83 Crossfire TA

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yep, anything 20 years old... it was actually september 06, but that doesn't matter now...