Not sure where else to put this, so here goes.

It's in the genes !

Shortly after finally getting my IROC Z licensed, the grand kids wanted to go for a ride ( as grandma calls it ) in my hot rod. So I put the car seat in and buckled up the grandson ( he is 5 but really into cars trucks and trains ) and went about 2 miles outside of town and turned around. And went up to about 55 using just the first 3 gears, I look over at my grandson and his eyes are about as big as they could get and he is smiling from ear to ear, I asked if he liked that and he said YEH can we do it again ! Next time , its your sisters turn. So we pull up in front of the house and load up the grand daughter and take the same route out of town. Now I repeat the same thing for her go out turn around and go through the gears to 55. I look over at her and she senses me looking at her and turns to me ( blank look on her face ) and says " whyed you do that "
It's gotta be in their GENES lol

 

think youre on to something...my 4 yr old daughter thinks my firebird is cool and all but couldnt really care less. my 6yr old nephew absolutely loves it as well as my parents fox body convertably stang. im not saying all girls dont get it cause my fiance loves nothing more thatn crising around town in the bird with the ttops out.

 

Palmyra area, have 1985 Z-28 running a tunnel ram

 

i'm from kankakee IL

 

hello here in st louis area of southern il i have a fan page on facebook i would love it if you all could to it and become a fan and post your third gens on there thanks!!!

 

Mount carroll, il way northwest ill over hour west of rockford about 10 mins from mississippi and hour from wisconsin line

 

Henry,IL. 30 miles north of Peoria

 

Hey I grew up in Henry ( the home of the Mallards lol ) graduated in 1968

 

Im in Park City it about 5min from Gurnee Mills

 

Still in South Pekin, still averaging a minute a week trying to fix up the ole bird. I used to motivate the Mopar crowd around Peoria about 30 years ago, anybody want to get together and swap lies? I've seen quite a few 3rd gens in the Peoria area, maybe they haven't discovered this website yet.

 

Streator, IL here. Im hoping to have the engine in my car and running by the summer.

 

Sounds like some cool grandkids you have!

I'm in Elgin, about 25 min north west of Chicago. My 3rd gen is a total beater at the moment but I'm fixing it up, and my girlfriend has a really nice 4th gen LS1 Trans Am, we love to go cruising.

 

I'm in Yorkville, the car is my dad's in Newark. Doing a restoration this winter. 85 sport coupe.

 

Roselle IL here - i just completed a 350 swap on my 85 SC. Runs good, but having some low end problems. i figured with a 350 in it it would turn the tires at will, but it dogs off the line a bit. Runs like a raped ape from second gear on tho. gogt a little hood flutter going on at 70 and 80 - makes me think i need some hood pins. It still needs a bit of body work and i'm thinkin a new hood. I got the rust cookin over the drivers side headlight. seems common as ive seen it on a couple of these.
Anyone have a drivers side door that the bottom hasnt separated from the door?

 

Naldo. Does your car buck or jerk when trying to accelerate smoothly from a stop? Could be off timing or a bad pickup coil in the distributor.

 

it doesn't buck - it kind of hesitates as you hit the gas, then jumps. more of a ramping up than a snap on acceleration. i hit it and no spin, but it will shift about 4500 and bark second, then scream up to 3rd gear, so far at this point ive had to shut it down since im not in a place where i can just get on it whenever. i do have the timing advanced about 8 degrees. the cam spec calls for 10 degrees advanced (lunati 300 bracket master) the plugs tell me im running rich, but leaning it out doesn't seem to make a difference other than taking some power off the upper end. the distributor parts are new with no arc flashings inside to speak of. i had to replace the ignition control module right off the bat, so thats new. i did have a wire problem, but put shorter plugs in and now all the wires are clear of the headers... i'm even running 92 octane fuel. it just wont snap when you hit the acellerator

 

Sounds like the ECM may be pulling timing. Are you running the stock computer with the new cam. Check the knock sensor for good ground and double check your timing is 6-8 btdc before you adjust for the cam.

 

i actually have the thing hardwired back to basics. the only wires to the engine are going to the water temp and oil pressure sending units and distributor. i was thinking about putting the stock Q jet back on since i had replaced the TPS and Fuel mixture control solinoids before doing the swap to the 350. I'm just not sure right now what all i need to reinstall just for the carb to work. The 350 came with a holley 750 on a high rise manifold, so i abandoned the Q jet.

 

sidney il here. my maro isn't as clean as many on this page but i'm proud of her. oh and if anyone wants some tan interior, i'm gonna pick up an almost complete interior just pm me if you need any parts at all.

 

Hey 91rsmike i know that parking lot my camaros been there a time or ten on old grand
i live about 3 miles east of there

 

East moline/quad cities here

 

mattoon il alot of 3rd gens here wonder if any one in this forum

 

seriously? i never see third gens. i saw a 91 z28 clone in champaign but that was it. who else is dding your thirdgen in this crappy illinois weather?

 

Cicero,Il (a couple mins from midway)
I drive my car in the crap weather here and there.

 

Mine hasn't seen snow since 1996....
Formerly Peoria, now back around Macomb

 

you guys are lucky, i gotta drive it daily :/ hopefully my absolutely rust free shell is still as such after this winter cus it's gonna be 350 and built 700r4 time as soon as it stays above 50 for a few weeks. someone else has to live close to champaign-urbana i need 3rd genners to hang out with not riceburners.

 

does any one know of any groups or just where the 3gens hung out in central il (mattoon/charleston) area.

 

we can start one, i only live an hour away and hangin with 3rd genners is worth the drive lol

 

that be cool we just need to find out how many 3rd genners we have in the area and are willing to hung out. so lets see how many people say yes

 

i know of a guy named mason, he lives by camargo. i always see a maroon one in champaign-urbana, and a teal 91 z in savoy.

 

i see alot of 3 ges here in town but dont think they are members here

 

Northbrook, IL. About 10 miles north of the city, just beyond glenview. I'm always at the summer friday night shows in rolling meadows, its a pretty big show!

 

well some of us dont have a show car well at least i dont i just want to hung out with some 3 gen members ans swap ideas and what not

 

My car isn't perfect 'show' quality either but I take it anyway. Be proud of what you have. Most car shows don't have any thirdgens.

 

Andrew from Lake Villa Il. About 15 minutes from Gurnee

84 red z28 H.O. original

 

lol oh sorry, i don't mean its a show like that, with trophys or anything. It occurs every friday night in the summer at an abandoned parking lot and anyone is allowed to bring a car. My car isn't show quality at all, and there isn't anything too special about mine either. I've seen some really nice cars there, and some average run of the mill cars as well, and then some rust buckets. It's just fun to drive to a local cruise night and not have to pay to park my car in a "show"

 

well just google rolling meadows and is far drive for me almost 4 hours and no overdrive ya not going to happen so i guess im going to stick to finding some 3 gens around here

 

Whats up guys. Im from the quad cities area but go to school in peoria. My car stays at home in the quad cities and i drive it or work on it when i get the chance. I just finished up swapping my carbureted 6.0L ls over to fuel injection. Dont see too many thirdgens around and the ones i do are usually rust buckets but there is an occasional diamond in all the rust.

 

I pulled up in a Buffalo Wild Wings car show and all the older people were just amazed seeing one that hasnt been beat to **** or covered in rust. Even more when I told them it was an 84

 

Where you from native??

 

Lake villa Il. Its ten minutes east from Gurnee

 

Hey native you have one of them amphibious camaro's ?
I think your ten minutes west of Gurnee
If you see an old geezer driving around in a 91 teal vert its me

 

Any of you guys going to make it down for the magic dragon street
meet nationals in lake of the ozarks in Missouri? I think we got a
couple people coming down from saint louis, It's only about 3 hours from there. Don't know if it's in reach for some of you. All the info on it is in the link below.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/mid-...ml#post4813850

 

Hey BILL

What do you mean amphibious? haha my camaro doesnt know how to swim haha.

I havnt seen a vert around here. Just some yellow one, and a couple beat up ones.

Sorry, I meant west. I dont know how east came up

 

From- Carterville Illinois- 70 miles southeast of St. Louis-

84 L69 T5
91 RS V6
84 Trans-Am

 

im still in peoria, just got the bird out of the garage. got the fenders replaced and now getting started working on the front bumper. cheaper to tryy to fix than try to locate a reasonably priced piece for a 92. anyone wanna hang out just hit me up.

 

rock island here.

 

Hey I've seen your car there, it's pretty nice! I'm there almost every friday too. I've heard it's been cancelled for this year though.

 

Thanks! Is it really cancelled? I hope not because i love that cruise night, and there are always tons of cars. Did you bring your car last year? I'm trying to remember if I've seen it, i usually walk around looking for other Fbodys lol

 

It would have been one of these two: