theNMBR27

Starting may 17th the Advance Auto Parts car show. At 1202 W 75th street downers grove and then every Tuesday night after. There will be door prizes and judging taking place. 300 cars are expected and this isn't a small show. So bring your cars out and let's take over the lot!

chazman

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We need to form some sort of 3rd gen club for the Chicago area. I've been in the Illinois Camaro Club for decades, but's it's not very heavily populated by 3rd gens. MWFB is pretty much a 4th gen club with just afew exceptions.

We NEED our own dealio out here......

IrocZ'85

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Yes! I believe I've seen your black iroc at the show! Very nice! As far as a thirdgen show/club, i sold heads to the guy who started this one: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwes...=wall&filter=2

Seems pretty cool, let him know if you're interested.

medrace

Hello everyone. Thought I would stop reading and introduce myself. Awesome site, I have spent a 13 hour shift today reading forum after forum, good stuff. I recently purchased my first Camaro about 2 weeks ago. 1986 Z28, I believe it is the 305 5.0 but have not been able to verify this as of yet. My plans are just to make it a looker and a fun driver, I have a young son so will not be doing and racing, or drag strips. The car runs as of right now, had to buy a new alternator and battery to get it going again after sitting in a barn for an unknown amount of time.
The only problems I have now, that I know of are with the transmission and I feel like it hesitates between 40-45mph, but seems fine after this. I am hoping a new fuel filter, and some new fuel injectors might clear this up, any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

medrace

Guess I hit my enter button a little fast there lol. Anyhow I'll throw some pics up of her.
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boylan33

Anyone near the Bloomington-Normal area??

el raptor

seen a red trans am in sandwich on tuesday. looked clean from where i was from. anyone here? who's all going to thirdgen fest?

Thirdgen89GTA

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I'll be there. For once I will actually have KEPT a promise.

My car has run for two solid years without issue! Thats the longest its ever gone without breaking something.

This year it will be a heads/cammed/bolt-on LT1 swap with a T56 swap.

xpndbl3

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i "may" make an appearance at thirdgenfest

401kfirebird

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im over in peoria

el raptor

it would be my first year. mine is stock for now. hopefully by next year it'll be supercharged

xrgoose

Yeah i live in bloomington myself. Drive a white 88 trans am....only seen a couple of other 3rd gens out here.
Hoping to make it to 3rd gen fest this year as it will be my first

boylan33

Can't say that I've seen many other 3rd gens around here either. I drive a white 91 Formula, only during the summer though...gotta keep the rust away

xrgoose

oh join the club...only third gens ive seen around here are a orage firebird, a black firebird and like one camaro.

boylan33

Have you done anything to your exhaust? I was trying to find a place around here that can put a new/better exhaust on my car, so far the only place I know that does a good job is a guy at don owen tires, but I wanted to look into other places before just settling. Know anywhere good?

xrgoose

realy the only thing to my exhaust ive had done was put a magnaflow muffler on and a new ypipe as they had cracks in them and i had that done at meineke for like 150$...they did a great job on it. But i know a buddy who has his own shop and can do exhaust work. If you want me to find out how much he would charge to do like a catback exhaust or anything let me know.

boylan33

Yeah that would be awesome just to know how much he would charge for labor. I'm going to get new tires this summer, get the headliner redone and have the trunk lid repainted....so after all that I'm not sure if I'll have any money leftover for an exhaust lol But if I do I want to know how much it might cost, and see if I can do that this summer. Between paying for school at ISU and everything else..money goes out the door quickly!

flrtin1

Quite a few in the peoria area......was at a small (100 cars or so) cruise yesterday and there were at least 3 there

xpndbl3

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Cars looking good....I still need to make that flat sheet to cover the hole where the factory hood hold down would be. Haven't found a sheet of aluminum that large and not paper thin for it yet at a hardware store.

boylan33

Veryyy nice cars, and peoria is a pretty easy drive from Bloomington. if you can, try to give a shout out when some other things are going on in peoria

Fromhell55

NorthWest side of Chi checkin in!!!

ChristianZ28

joe at don owen is as good as they get , tucks them hi & tight with no clearance issues. there are a lot of really nice garage queens you never see in town with joes work under them!

boylan33

Thanks! That's what I've heard so I guess he must do a pretty good job!

ChristianZ28

Yes he does excellent work. He worked on 2 of my trucks and I think 2 of my chevelles. Most my gearhead friend's car's still has his work under them. Just tell him Kauffman sent ya, and he'll take care of you.

DAVECS1

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Flrtin ever find out who owned the white bird?? If I could make my car a bit shinier I will not even need paint :-)

i-roc the 85

Well you guys, i'm in need of an iroc hood, preferably with louvers, fenders, and probably more,i'm terrified that they'll total out the car. Found a clean 90 base model. If they total it out, I will kill someone. pm me if you can find any front end parts that you'll sell me

theNMBR27

Call my friend Robert and he'll set you up with everything. Tell him Scott gave you his number. 773-251-5292

1baddz28

Hello Folks. I am new to this forum site but have owned my 1991 5.7L Z28 since 1995. I am from Chicago near the Midway airport area. Do we have any others from this area as well? Hoping to make it to some of the car shows and cruise nights taking place near me. I'll add photos of the z28 later. Take care.



Rey

Fionnla

Check out the below website for some car shows & cruises around the Fox Valley, Aurora, Illinois area.

http://carouselsound.com/carouselsevents.html

johnf123

i live in northbrook..any chance of a meet with other people in the area?

Thirdgen89GTA

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I have purchased parts from Robert before. Good stuff.

Thirdgen Ranch

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Thirdgen Fest is coming up May 26th. It's the biggest 82-92 Camaro/Firebird meet in the world and it's right here in the Chicago area.

You can find more info in the "Gatherings" section of the board.

http://thirdgenranch.com/-strse-390/...ion/Detail.bok

theNMBR27

Tonight is the first official cruise night, if you're in the area you are more than welcome to stop by. It's located at 1202 West 75th street in Downers Grove 60516.

thetaman85

Finally got my new trans in, I would head out to DG tonight if I wasn't working.

Next time, I will make it to one of these gatherings soon, I swear! for the first time in 3 years, I can drive this car anywhere I want without issue.

NightShade

What's up guys? New on here, but yeah, located in Dekalb. Only 16 so no events really for me, but i have seen quite a few Third Gens out here, just some Camaros. But that's about it.

badjuju342

It has been years since I posted on here . I still have my '89 convertible that is LS1/T56 powered . I just bought a fairly rough '91 RS coupe that I plan on drag racing so a renewed interest in thirdgen.org, the site where it all started . I am down in Southern Illinois and just taking it easy these days ,became an admin on LS1tech a few years back. They still give me grief about my obsession with these cars and I have owned a 4th gen T/A but I always come back to the 3rds. I will never sell my convertible.

89TTopPearl

Springfield, Il area. 89 Ttop 350 Pearl White

dabomb6608

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What part of southern Illinois you in?

badjuju342

I am slightly south of Marion , between it and the Lake of Egypt.

82z28 wrencher

ME!! lol hope Boylan and xrgoose can join me and 86 iroz-z and many more if interested in are lil carvan up to intruders group then too tgf 2012 heres a link too the thread page for times https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/thir...n-caravan.html

dabomb6608

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Me too! I'm about 2 miles south of hucks on Rt 37.

badjuju342

That's cool . I just got that '91 and picking it Saturday. Dude said it has a popped rear wheel cylinder so we are gonna trailer it down to the shop instead of risking it on the road . You need to hit me up sometime and come out to wrench on this thing. Stripping the car down and prepping it for an engine/trans swap plus whatever else I can think of to make it a race only car.

dabomb6608

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Sounds like a good plan for the car, I'm hoping to make the next drive in at Fazolis next month. I work there and missed the first one due to a blown engine and then missed the one they had last Saturday because I was out've town.
If you ever see a silver TA running around thats most likely me, I havent seen any thats the same color around anywhere.

tevemithTA

Palatine IL checking in. should be running soon. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/imag...es/driving.gif

Will try for Thirdgenfest 2013 but for now, looking forward to some later summer events this year.

Jennyismetal

from a few places! you can see my car driving around Lagrange, Orland and Wilmington.

drivingMsDaisy

Hey, I'm new here and from Illinois.. Joliet/Bolingbrook area. I own a 87 2.8 Sport Coupe.. my boyfriend owns a 87 z28.. We're always down to do some cruise nights and meet up with other Camaro owners!

And it's nice to see another female here, Jennyismetal.. I thought I'd be the only one.

Mike92Firebird

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Anybody down for a cruise tonight?

DD9TransAmGTA

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Springfield area? me too! I don't think I have seen your car though

dctrumpet

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I'm in Jacksonville, IL

cdub33

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Hey guys im in southern IL near Tamms looking for some third gen buddies