im right down the road a few miles from 911rsq theres definitely no stoplights over there heh we live out in the middle of cornfield no where

 

Any of you carbondale guys ever run up at Benton? Just curious, been meaning to head that way some time. Then again though, track legal may be a bit of a stretch for my heap

 

oops, delete, thanks

 

From Ill-noise? I'm IN Ill-noise. I'm from Wisconsin. (Actually, from a womb, but you get the idea - Might be the same thing?)

Currently camping dead-center on the northern state line. Stoplights? Yeah, we've got ONE of those about 4 miles north of me - And a "Christmas Tree" about 8 miles south of me, right under the nuke plant cooling towers.

 

I think i got you all beat!

Hull, IL 500 people on sunday morning when church goin on!

 

Johnston City here, To all you city folk Carbondale/Mt Vernon portion of the state 45 minutes from Kentucky.

 

northlake

 

Capron. A little north and nearly dead center between Crystal Lake and Rockford.

No lights at all here. You blink....you missed it. Podunk
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Finally somebody that's actually within an hour of me.

 

capron is a funny lil town

 

Capron just plain sucks.
McHenry is trying to be Crystal Lake junior only with worse traffic.
What color's your GTA? Digital Dash? Maybe it used to be mine.

 

Capron sounds like Coral, I drive thru there (Coral that is) on 20 going to Marengo every weekend. You go clear across town in under a minute at 45MPH, no lights. Hell, even Marengo with it's 6K+ people has only one stop light - at 20 & 23. Garden Prairie is another one like Capron & Coral, no lights etc.

 

ill insert a pic...the original owner lived in illinois, i have the purchase order still. i bought if from the 2nd owner who was in wisconsin. its red with grey int and digital dash

 

I know Coral. Pretty much is the same as Capron. Although we are actually supposed to only drive through at 35mph.
It is surprising that Marengo has only 1 stop light. At least they have a McDonald's. Here in Capron all we have is a Rosa's pizza. Their pizza sucks.
Why would you want to drive to Marengo?

pmpnavt - I checked out your ride at your profile. Nice. I take it you don't drive it much.
Not my GTA after all. I was the second owner. Red car tan interior. Electrical gremlins out the wazzoo. Do you knw a guy in McHenry that occasionally drives around in a black 78 TA?

 

I've got friends & my g/f out in Marengo. I can't stand McDonalds, so I usually end up driving down to TA at I90 to get me some Burger King, lol. Or Subway right in town too...

 

well at the moment im in south carolina...i joined the Air Force so i left my hometown of hebron (1 flashing light ) i claim that im from mchenry because thats pretty much where i worked before i went to SC. ill be getting out in 3 months so as far as driving the car goes....today its 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. i get quite a few miles on the beast

 

Decent drive from DesPlaines. My grandma lives out there.
Isn't "A Team" out there somewhere?
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Hebron. Just north of Harvard on 173? Even closer. They have a flashing light? I thought it was just a stop sign. I only go through there once in a while if I have a job up that way.

 

wow you guys live or are from some wierd little towns ive never heard of in this state lol

i know someone from a truck website i used to frequent who lives in crystal lake, has been down here in lincoln a couple times in the past, been a while now, hum

 

I usually go on Friday nights. They don't have tech inspection on fridays cause it's not a bracket night, it's just grudge/headsup racing. I like it alot better cause you can make as many runs as you want and typically line up with whoever you want to.

 

Y'know, I've seen an A-Team style van before, it was a mid-to-late-90's Chevy cargo van. I tried to snap a pic, but it came out pretty blurry I saw it at the oil place by Jewel & Arby's at Oakton & Mannheim.

 

Lincoln? Sounds small
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Not quite what I meant but funny.
A Team is supposed to be a performance type shop somewhere down in DesPlaines. I have a friend who had a 572 truck pulling motor assembled down there. Supposedly they do a good job. I'm not so sure though since he spun a bearing.

 

Ahh, alright. I haven't heard of it, but I haven't done any serious performance work on cars/trucks before. The only place I really know of is called "Altitude Performance" or some such thing, they do 4x4's and off-road stuff. Kinda funny for Des Plaines, haha. Most of the trucks in their lot are well above legal limits too (frame, bumper, plate, lights, everything) but at least they look sweet I hate Illi lift laws, they're too low. I took the plastic bumper off my otherwise-stock Ranger Edge (I know, boo ford) and now my front bumper is already above legal limits! Oh well, I don't think any cop is gonna care about 2-3" above on a stock truck. Pic...

 

15,000 population in lincoln

is on i-55 between springfield and bloomington

is the only namesake town in the country for abe lincoln and was christened by him, was originally the town of postville and i reside within that area of town


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois

 

2 prisons in Lincoln? Maybe if I ever get busted again for drag racing you'll be able to visit me there.

Ford.

 

yes lol one is Lincoln and the other is Logan

lol

lots of criminals over here haha

but you dont want to come here the entire police force is under investigation and is in alot of trouble and under lots of criticism from the public and so are the boards and the mayor too, alot of trouble in this little town, government goes corrupt but here it went beyond that, its front page news right now of course.,
if you end up here then youll be cursed too

 

I'm in Carmi,Ill...I just moved here a few months ago from Jacksonville,Florida, and just bought An "86 T/A after selling the '91 because I couldn't bring it with me on the move.

 

wow ppl still are moving TO his state ? why? ive been stuck(cursed) here all my life still not had an opportunity to get out of this place

wow

welcome to TGO(belated)

 

There's a TON of people from IL in the Fbody Association of St Louis. Our website is www.fastlouis.com Check it out!

 

I was a cop in IL, truck has a lot of room to go before is illegal

 

Round Lake here

 

Dalzell IL 5 minutes from LaSalle Peru 20 minutes from Ottawa.

 

IL lift law is bumper height has to be at or below 23 or 24" i forget the magic number but front and back are different i believe

 

I dislike RLB cops. Hainesville is even worse.

 

Dixon IL.

Life out here is a lot less congested than the burbs. I grew up in Plainfield, moved outa there in 89 and every time I go back to Naperville to visit a friend and go to the "Dog House" (Portillo's), I instantly remember why I left... too much traffic.

 

Thats about what I've read on various sites online. Most cops either don't know it, or maybe don't care until your bumper is above the trunks of regular cars And of course theres always the IL law of "no modified exhaust systems" that went into effect sometime last year - can't be louder than stock. What a crock that is!

 

lockport

 

My3rdGen, PM me and I'll give you my number, I have a shop in dixon and have a couple of TGs in it.

 

Hey Vic, what year is your 9R? I just noticed it under your name, lol. I've got an 05 6R/636 myself, had since new and I've only put 1280 miles on it. Mostly b/c my plate was lost/stolen Aug 05 and I didn't receive a replacement from this shytehole state until I think Jul 06! And by then it was already expired.

 

Wondering if anyone is going to Byron this weekend. A couple of my buddies of mine are going on Sunday if anyone wants to come with us. We all live in the NW subs IL. Let me know if you guys would go if you are up for it and meet up.

 

Glen Ellyn, Dupage county

 

i went right on past a few of you guys last night with my brother on the way to and from chicago from down here, along I-55


again

we go up there a few times a month

about 2.5 hours trip one way, closer to 3 actually


the new exhaust law yeah event the locals are crazy on exhaust how it cant be anything but stock and yadda yadda

but you never get ticketed, just warned


they are real stupid on about exhaust

seems to be the biggest thing, other than glass cracks, and seatbelts and registration lights being out


good luck

 

That's right. It opens this weekend. I'm up for it. Only problem is i'm MISSING MY RUNNERS AND K-MEMBER!!

This sucks.

 

Oh that sucks I haven't really done nothing to my car but I just want to see where it stands before I do anything...

 

That used to be Plainfield. Did they change the city limits or something?

Years ago I worked in the shop at the Truck Stop right there at I-55 and 30. "The Joliet I-55 Auto Truck Plaza". What a dump that place was. Its been remodled since then. Its still the "Yuck Stop".

 

i dont thnk i saw a romeoville sign this trip- now that i think about it
plainfield i saw though


hmmm

 

algonquin here

 

Yeah i havn't found any that i like so much

 

I try to avoid going through round lake because of those dam RLB cops. Me and my buddies constantly get harassed by them for no reason what so ever.

 

Get a baby seat and put it in the back seat, and act all adult like when you get pulled over. It helps.

 

baby seat

I don't even have a back seat.

 

better yet.. put baby on board sign on your window