for everyone who wants to know the exact location for mapquest or getting directions from somewhere else. here is the address 35 Talcottville Rd
Vernon, CT 06066

Meet date so far is going to be Aug 17th.

People who can go so far is
Tourville
Camaro430sut

and im almost positive slow_90firebird will go, ill get a hold of him and ask. anyone else thats going just copy the names and post it again.

People who can go so far is
Tourville
Camaro430sut
Celticsfan

What time for the 17th? I'm there as long as Skulte doesn't come to my place that night.

not 100% sure on the time the golf land one starts.. i know its either five or six... so anytime around there would be good, id say meet in the denny's parking lot and then we can all drive there together.. whats a good time for everyone? 6:00 okay? show ends right before dark usually around 9:00.

Depending on the time I leave work friday it may be better for me to meet you guys later. Its a bit of a drive for me. Altho I should be out by like 4ish so i donno.
Matt

alright just keep us updated and see if you can get anyone else to come also!

Hey guys, unless I post otherwise, count me in. I have an 85 IROC I have spent the last three years restoring and now that it looks and runs sweet, it sits in the garage way too much! This sounds like a nice get together. I will probably have my wife and daughter with me, not sure if your all singles or what but............... So there is a car show at Golfland? I will have to finish detailing the motor. Good incentive to get off my *** and do something with the car besides stare at it at night whle smoking a cigarette! Post up a final get together time at Dennys. BTW, I am in Bloomfield.

I'll stop by, but pretty much gaurantee not with my IROC. I'm waiting on parts.. again. I took Thurs and Fri off of that week to work on it and hopefully get it all back together. I'll try and talk my buddy with his 87 IROC to go.

Tourville
Camaro430sut
Celticsfan
manifoldsrme

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Jay
AC
(without camaro's)

I msg'd 86Z to see if he's in also.

i'm in

We have 5 members with cars comming and 2 without that are there to meet and take pics! so far this is looking to be a pretty good meet please tell more people and post it up!

Current List
Tourville
Camaro430sut
Celticsfan
manifoldsrme
86z
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Jay
AC
(without camaro's)

Got some bad news, for me anyways, I Wanted to have my fender fixed by the meet, well thats not going to happen, and right now i have removed the back seats and removed the panels so my interior is pretty stripped....hopefully the interior will look better by then...

but ill still come anyways just not like i wanted to

if ya want some help sometime let me know ill be more than glad to help =D im sure someday ill need help with soemthing too lol.. and not a big deal my car is def not show material but its not a bucket of heap anymore thats for sure

Ya might take ya up on that for the t top seals, but ya if i had like another $1000 my car would be the way i want it, - the fast engine haha

Same goes for me. If you need / want help let me know. Us 3rdgenner's have to stick togther ya know! Seriously, I've asked 86Z to help me ALOT and he's been there when I needed him. I need to return the favor at some point. That's the best way to meet more people in the area that share our interest in our cars. Not to mention the story telling that happens over a few beers!

i agree i have no problems helping anyone here, im sure someday ill need help, especially if i end up getting this 86 iroc im looking at.... ill need to do a lot of body work and i would like to do it myself =D

Im hoping to attempt to put in the t top weatherstripping in next week, hopefully when i get back from maine, I ideally wanted to have my new carpet in there but not enough time, we should have another meet later in the year like mayb sometime in Oct?

again celtics if you need a hand just ask me! i have a rear carpet to put in my car too lol... and yeah i agree another meet in september and in october why not?! the more the better =D

Hey Guys - I down for meeting up - I get in from traveling that Friday early, so i should be able to clean up the car and cruise on up... Hopefully the weather holds up!

sweet that makes another so now we have 6 cars and 2 members that are not able to bring theres! hope it holds up too and is not like this friday

Current List
Tourville
Camaro430sut
Celticsfan
manifoldsrme
86z
fb305svs
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Jay
AC
(without camaro's)

sweet steve, hope you can make it

just curious out of all the cars, who has firebirds who has camaros, I got the firebird it doesnt look like theres many others...

from what i could make out...

Tourville - 91 Camaro RS
Camaro430sut - 89 Camaro
Celticsfan - 85 Trans Am
manifoldsrme - 85 IROC
86z - 86 Camaro 305 BOOSTED!
fb305svs - 91 Firebird/TA

and the person i know that most likly will be comming has a 90 firebird formula i believe its a form.

I msg'd dennisbernal91z to see if he's interested. He's got a sick **** car and it'd be a nice addtion to the cars already coming. Who knows. If I can work some magic or someone else can work some magic I might actually be able to make it with mine!

that would be sweet if you could make it and hope dennis can too!

is this a hint ? see you tonight.


what time are you guys planning on meeting over by dennys?

whenevers good for everyone.. i still dont know what time it starts at.. its either 5 or 6.. i can meet there anytime after 3:30 which is way early anyway.. so what do you guys think about 5:00? or 5:30?
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also quick question does anywhere around here sell good gaskets for headers and the locking bolts? or do i have to order online from summit or somewhere like that?

5:30 -6:00 sounds good, what header gaskets? the head to header or collector? i bought some head to header gaskets i think they are percy's and have changeable inserts from some speed shop in plainville, the collector gaskets i use the aluminum ones they sell them at advance auto parts, but the bolt i'm unsure of, i have to constantly tighten mine.

well you wont freekin believe it... we are 6 days away from our first thirdgen meet.. my car was just recently painted about 2 months ago.. not a show quality but i am happy with it... and a freekin women backed into my car... JUST FREEKIN GREAT. but its not stopping me from comming.. ill just have to take pictures from the passanger side here are some pics.. let me know what you think is going to need/happen

I just ordered mine from Summit. Percy's gaskets and Stage 8 locking bolts. Should go in tomorrow.

i want to get the locking bolts so i will not have to constantly tighten them =D, any tips when i go to install these? ill end up doing it after my fender gets fixed... i have no gaskets at all.. so i will have to get header to collector and head head to header.
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oh and the quote from macco was 587$ to fix my fender.

I might be able to make it depending on if/when I work on friday. Maybe i will call in sick, IDK.

But you need to decide on some definate times. I usually get out of work between 7-8pm, so i might be able to meet you guys at golf land. Oh btw, are you talking about golf land and dennys in vernon?

alright so then 5:30 sound good to everyone? for a def time to meet? 5:30 at denny's and then we will all driev together to golf land show. And yes slow firebird we are talking about the denny's/golf land in vernon

hey guys,
i'm from boston mass and we have our own little local thirdgen thing going, but in 2 weeks i will be in hartford ct attending trinity college. i've been down to the berlin turnpike once and ive seen how many cars turn up down there. i am wondering if you guys would be planning on meeting up in september at all or the very last weekend in august. if so i would deffinetley be up for meeting up with all you conn. third gen guys. anyways i hope you have a nice cruise this wekend and i'll keep checking this thread in the next couple of weeks and mabey i'll meet up with everyone

damn tourville that blows...guess im not the only one with a big dent now...jp

anything to make you feel better celtics!
and midnightblue i really hope we meet up all again.. iw ould like to make it a once a month thing if not more!

86midnightblue, I actually invited / pm'd dennisbernal to see if he's interested. I need to get him down to my place anyway's to help me fab up my exhaust. You guys should come down anyways, it'd be a good time (more 3rd gens the better).
Tourville, wtf (where the ****) is Denny's in Vernon? I'm leaving work at 5PM coming from Sheldon / Utopia Road (up near *** communication) and am only like 5 minutes from GolfLand.

I believe its Exit 65? Off I-84...i think youll see it right when you get off, near Aqua if you ever heard of it.

Keep going past Golfland into Vernon. It's in the shopping plaza on the left side across that first big intersection after you go under 84.
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They are pretty easy to install. You'll need an allen wrench.. I forget what size it is. I also had to use my dremel and sand off a little bit on a few of the locking clips to clear the header tubes. Nothing drastic.. took maybe a minute to do.

$600 to fix the fender? damn. It would be cheaper to buy a new one and paint it.

man just get put some welding rods on that fender and pull it, putty the imperfections, sand, prime and paint, good as new.

I second that one. 600 bux is STEEP! Use the magic "dent puller" "slap hammer" whatever you want to call it. Gain some experience in bondo, primer, paint. That's not a large enough dent or bad enough dent to justify a new fender in my mind.

530 is gonna be cutting it close for me. Im hopin to be out of work by around 430ish and then its still an hour drive. If I dont meet up with you guys at dennys Ill see you at golfland I guess.
Matt

should we make it for 6 at denny's then? so more people can be there and drive together? im fine with it if everyone else is. the more the better! and 600 bucks doesnt bother me, im not paying for it she has to. so why have me get the experience when its not my fault and i can get it done the right way and not have to worry about my shitty bondo work =D

personally id rather wait and try to get everyone at denny's so no one has to feel left behind or drive somewhere when they dont even know where it is they are going. so matt do you think you can make it there by 6? if so then 6:00 should be the time to meet at denny's... im sure ill show up like 15 min before just to be there for people to know where to pull in or something!

and jay what i ment by is it going to be hard? i mean hard gettin the manifolds off and putting the headers in i figure putting the new screws in should be somewhat easy.. but do you know if anywhere around here sells them in store? or do i have to order the locking ones from summit? and where should i buy the gaskets for the heads to header and for the collector?
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oh and ac do you know where it is now? after the other peoples directions? and if anyone else needs directions or the exact location/street address # let me know in a pm or on here and ill get you them =D

6 is perfect for me. Looking forward to seeing you guys and your cars. I moved to CT about 5 years ago for a job offer. I was a hard core drag racer, every weekend for 16 years with a supercharged Camaro. Since there is no track in CT (I have taken the IROC to Lebanon Valley a few times) I have just sort of drifted away from the sport. I built the IROC to have a nice looking weekend driver, but I miss hanging around the car crowd. That was my favorite part of racing, hanging around friends with the same interests. I am a pretty accomplished engine builder slash car builder. My end goal for the IROC is a supercharged 383, but for now the little 305 runs so well I cant justify taking it out! Turns consistent 15 teens in the quarter basically stock! Looking forward to meeting you guys and maybe I could help out with a few projects sometime in the future, though family and work takes up a lot of my time. Besides the IROC I just finished restoring an 86 sport coupe with a 2.8 for daily driving. I painted it red just like the IROC, tried to talk my wife into driving it out along with the IROC, but she is not interested. OH well.

Tourville, I'm set on directions. Even if I get lost Vernon isn't that big where I couldn't find it quick. I'll be at Denny's for 6 and have the digi Nikon ready! My car actually started up last night but I'm not even going to be close to being able to bring it Friday

Not sure if anyone around here carries the locking bolts. I doubt any of the parts stores would carry them and would have to order, there is that speed shop right down the road from GolfLand. Was just easier for me to order from Summit and get the gaskets the same time. My car came with the headers on it, but had a mixture of allen bolts and header bolts. I finally got around to getting them all the same. As for getting the old manifolds off it's not too difficult as long as the bolts don't snap.
What brand of headers do you have? That makes a difference to collector gasket you would need and where to get it. The SLPs I have use a standard gasket you can get at any parts store.

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My car is getting closer, and the goal is to get it driveable this week, but it won't be on the road by Friday. I still need to get to the repair shop for an alignment, and then to my sisters so my brother in law can weld up the exhaust. After that it's off to DMV for a temp reg so I can go get the emissions test done. Still need to get the windshield replaced.

it sounds like you guys are getting a prety good group together. thats great. i for one cant make it this weekend but i'll talk to dennis about meeting up with you guys in at possible future meets. i'm not sure how far he'll drive his car but i'll mention it to him this weekend. i'll try to keep up with this thread and i'll definetley kep in touch. have a great time cruising this weekend good luck.

Sorry for not responding sooner to this thread and to messages that people have sent me. I kinda thought that Ct was too far for me, but I map quested it and it is 85 miles, about 1.5 hour drive. Not too bad.

Right now, I am getting some oil issues worked out. Car seems to be leaking a little oil, not sure from where. So that might make me now want to drive it allll the way down there. I will check. The 7 quart oil pan holds a ton of oil so if I have a little leak I know I will be OK.

By the end of this month I am going back to the dyno to get my motor re-tunned and to have new brake lines, and my C5 set-up put in. Then I will be VERY able to drive down whenever I want.

I get some parts today, so I will try and work on the car and see if I feel like it is OK to get down there.

In the event that I don't make it this weekend... I will def make it the following one.


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On a different note, you guys in CT seems to have a little group forming. Up here, we have the same thing.

Would you guys be interested in having your group come up here one month, then we go down there the following? Or hell maybe we can find a place to meet up in the middle???

like the tone of Animal House's Toga chant....MIDDLE...MIDDLE...MIDDLE...MIDDLE. Not sure that "middle" would be though