This post is set up for people to organize caravans to Thirdgen Fest from the north. You can make plans to meet up with other cars and cruise down together.

 

Dont know how far north many of you are coming but I live on the Northwest Side of Chicago and I know you may go around the city, but if you want to avoid tolls let me know, we can use my house as a pit stop and we can cruise thru downtown on the way down to Denny's, maybe stop for a photoshoot or 2....either way I live off of where 90 and 94 come together, shoot me a PM if anyone is interested in doing this

PLUS I know how to get to Denny's....so no getting lost here!!

 

im in on that caravan for sure.

 

if anyone wants to hit my house on the way down too, go for it. i'm about 30 minutes north of crete

 

I will be headin' out sat. morning from Fond du Lac area if anyone wants to meet there to head down. Let me know

 

I'm coming from North Milwaukee. What's the fastest way to get there?

 

it depends, if you want to pay tolls you can go around Chicago which may be a bit quicker, or if you want to come down thru the city you can do that, but traffic usually stinks around holiday weekends. if you come thru the city i am willing to use my house as a pit stop on the way to denny's. plus i know where he lives and going thru the city is a nice trip if you have never seen it

 

What would the total cost in tolls be?

 

a rough guess would be in the 5-10 bucks range.....i an not 100% what the tolls are or how many, but that would be a safe estimate, but it may not save you any more time for the simple fact that when you need to get on to a different highway south of the city there will be traffic galore because of the holiday weekend and it is all under construction, unless you leave early enough to avoid alll that

 

Are you heading down there on friday or saturday? I am heading down on sat, so if you are, maybe we can meet up somewhere and roll down there.

 

Don't know yet. According to google earth, your police station is 212 miles away from his address.

 

wait, mine?? thats not right, its only about 45 minutes from my house

 

No, from Ripon WI

 

im from the south suburb of justice.........30 min from crete. i don't think my car will be done by then. maybe driveable but no piant. does it matter if i bring it or not? i would just like to meet some fellow 3rd gen'ers from the area

thanks -troy

 

there's a lot of less than show quality cars there to put it in a nice way, i've brought my car there one year with 5 different shades of black and charcoal and no one seemed to care. It's more about hanging out and getting to know local car guys than having show quality paint.

 

Sounds like I might be able to make it this year as well. 2 years ago when I went we met up in Oak Lawn and went from there. Does that sound like a good meeting point for anyone? We can meet at my dad's shop which is right on Southwest highway just a little south of 95th if you guys want. My car wont be pretty but it will be driveable. If you guys want to meet up there, let me know.

 

I could probably meet you up there.........if my i-roc aint done i might bring my v-6 berlinetta (if i didn't sell it by then)........i live off of 79th and 88th ave area

 

hey kyle,
is your shop on oak park avenue? over there by bettenhausen? i forgot the name of it, but I'll look forward to seeing you again, since last year you didn't show up, i think you lived out of state.

 

I was in state last year, but I was too busy to go and the car wasn't legal. My shop is right across the street from the Tinley Roller rink, its called Carey's Car Care. Stop by sometime and check it out. I just got a new addition to the family last night, a 91 Formula (I think, it doesnt say Formula but I think thats what it is). It has a locked up 305 TPI motor in it, so I am going to swap in a 350 hopefully before the fest. The body is in better shape then the IROC , it has t-tops, and its black, which is a prerequiset for me to own it If all goes right, I will have both of my cars at the fest. If you guys want to meet up at either our shop in Oak Lawn or here in Tinley, let me know, I'm open to either one.

 

Hey guys,since i am new to this site here do you have to drive your car down?Or can you trailer it?Im only asking because open headers and slicks, are every cops wet dream.Since my 92 RS is more Race then anything,i was wondering if i could attend this meet.

 

i trailer mine every year it's there.

 

How about everyone who trailers unloads at the gas station a few miles up the highway?? I plan on doing that so I can technically "drive" my car to Denny's. Whose with me?? I have a 6" cowl hood, loud exhaust, some sort of non-street tires by then, big cam, and some other not legal things....I am doing it, so lets all go down in flames together if needs be right??
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and last year he didnt trailer much and still won best modified.....I am coming for that trophy this year Steve

 

yea then who would drive my suburban and trailer....definately not going to drive it down the road at all. it'll be on the trailer until i unload it from his driveway.

 

Well we all want that trophy,and mine will be unloaded in the driveway also.

 

thats what friends are for.....to drive the Camaro for you

But anyway, who plans on coming thru Chicago on the way down? Or is everyone avioding the city and talking the toll road and swinging outside the city

 

Everyone install a cutout before you come.

 

I am picking up my y-pipe for my headers and a cutout next saturday....cant wait till i can get the rest of the exhaust shortly after

 

looks like i can't make it this year. I promised my old man we'd go fishin and he booked it for the same weekend

 

Even if I have a 305 TBI? I have had an itchen to run open headers. So run open headers down that stretch of road to Denny's house?

 

I'm doing it with my stock LG4, if I take that car.

 

The 2 thirdgen fests I have gone to 2003 and 2004 we met up at Chicago Ridge Mall, Right off 294. Andy (MetaliCamaroRS) Set those up I believe, but with him being in Virgina I dont know If he is coming this year. It worked out really well those two times. What do you all think?

Kevin

 

Is there anyone leaving form the rockford area?

 

Problem with that Kev is I will have to go way out of my way unless I go north to go south. However with the way the Dan Ryan is all F'ed up with the constuction I might just do that

 

or is there anyone leaving from the schaunburg area/elgin, i will be driving through on my way.
im a newbe, and this will be my 1st time going...

 

if you want to meet up somewhere by Ohare let me know, I have been to Denny's before and know the way, pm if you want to do something like that

 

that would be kool..
now during this meet is it stay at a hotel?
or do we camp?
is there drinking? if so are minors allowed to??

if if there is a big meeting spot somewhere around there where i could meet alot of the other chitown guys.. that would be kool

 

i got a few freinds from the Fond du lac area that wanna go i saw a few people from this area saying they wanted to meet up somewhere ill try to get in contact with them in the next few weeks. Theres alot of poeple that own third gens in this town ill have to let them know about this and see if we can get a huge convoy going on heading out of fond du lac.

 

Let me know if you get something going, i will go if we can get a convoy together. Were you thinking on going Friday or Sat?

 

i would like to meet up with people in the Elgin/Schaumburg area, im from rockford so i'll be comming down I90...

 

where you going from there?? you coming thru the city or are you taking the toll roads around?? let me know because i am right off of 90/94 and could meet up by the toll roads or my house can be used as a pit stop

 

Im comming from rockfrord, so i believe i'll be taking 90-94

 

ill probably be going on friday if all goes well, i dont know my way down there so finding people to go with would be good.

 

if you are coming thru chicago let me know, i live right by where 90 and 94 come together and know the way to Denny's, we can use ym house as a pits stop

 

hopfully im still going the rad sprung a leak and then my intake is leaking causing horrible gas milage.

 

ok sofar i got my rad fixed so i can drive down there but i have to paint my trunk and get the spoiler on....... also my car is only geting about 140 miles to the tank but when on highway i get about 200 so i might have to stop often. im hoping some one can help me out with the problem at the third gen fest.

 

sounds like your pressure regulator is bad or you have a bad vacuum hose going to the regulator.....it maybe a quick fix it may not, catch me when you are down here and i am sure there are others who have got an idea on it too

 

ive been trying to find a bad vacume hose with the carb cleaner but ive had no luck, also ive been checking for clogged tubes but nothing there either, havnt checked the pressure regulator though!ill have to check it out before i head out there to save some gas! if not i know theres gunna be some one out there thats gunna look at my car and know the problem and im gunna feel stupid lol.

im gunna pay for my registration on friday (19th) hopfully i got my car backtogeather in time to take it! ive got the hatch off the trunk pan taken apart and primered and ready for paint on saturday so it should be all togeather by the 26th and i need to completely detail my car, its pretty dirty outside and in!

 

So where are we meeting up at and when? My girlfriend is gona try and get the day off or get out of work early so she can drive the Formula and I'll drive the IROC. We might not be able to get down there till like 1 or so but if we can get rolling earlier id still like to Caravan down there. So whats the deal?

 

i'll be leaving around 10-10:30 from my house kyle. don't know what kind of caravan i'll have leaving my house, but it should be fun lol. supposed to be a few cars and i'll have a truck full of people besides with the car on the trailer lol.

 

is this on friday or saturday Steve?