88-Camaro-88

I also live in Chandler, Oklahoma. I'm a Junior in High School there. Here's a pic. of my 88' Iroc- Z28 that my dad and I have completely restored from nearly nothing in the past 2 years.
Before:


After: Sorry for the poor quality picture for the after, I took it with my camera phone. It's got a 350 long block bored to a 383 in it right now... hopefully when I get some more money this summer I can put a super or turbo charger on it to crank the horses up some more. Just read underneath my profile thing for more stats.

jensen73110

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Damn. That is a hell of an improvement!

92whiteta

you make a good point jensen i was thinking more of a small website for current events and gatherings not really a large forum we would have a list of members and their rides and mods and so on.

buddy rice eng

hey guys... new to the board! just moved here from iowa.. and now livin in newcastle oklahoma.

dont know that many people here so just seeing whats up.

<<<700hp 88 camaro rs thats my car .
dont know how to post pics yet on this site and, will do so when i figure it out.

88-Camaro-88

Welcome Buddy rice eng, good to have another Oklahoma 3rd gen on here!

buddy rice eng

thanks ya .....i was born and raised here and moved to iowa in 97...now moved back a couple months ago, and built my car.

we did the machine work and build at my god fathers machine shop in okc!
hints the name lol.
i live in the country and dont know many people so...i thought this would be a great oppurtunity.

88-Camaro-88

If your wondering how to get a picture on here... you need to have a picture of your car like on a website. I got mine off my cardomain profile, and when you have the picture you want double click on it so it enlarges it and puts it in a new window. In most cases it'll have a little URL address some where with the window that you can copy and paste to the "Insert Image" button on here. (At least that's how I did it, theres probably another way even)

buddy rice eng

ok ill post sum hold on a sec

88-Camaro-88

Dude that sounds pretty sweet! I need to visit a machine shop sometime haha so I can make some shifter ***** or switches :P
But yeah we're trying to get as many people to come share their stories about their cars and everything so welcome once again haha!
If you've read some earlier posts you might tell that we're trying to get a 3rd Gen Camaro/Firebird club going on in Oklahoma... trying to see how many people we got in Oklahoma for it along with seeing if we can make a website. So any ideas are needed for that lol

buddy rice eng

88-Camaro-88

Thank you very much!

88-Camaro-88

That's a mighty fine piece of American made GM parts right there Buddy :P! What's the times on it?

buddy rice eng

jutt it completed saturday.....and just took it out on the street today!

its not street legal in any way lol but ya i live in the country so ....
but we are expectin mid to high 9 sec from it.

88-Camaro-88

Haha it might keep ya out of trouble to get it legal I guess :P

91camarosRS

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i went on the site but i cant for the life of me log in? wtf? lol
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well back to the subject. in my personal opinion a group of ppl who have similar cars IS a club.

91camarosRS

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lol wow i just realised how behind i am on this tread. lol sounds like a fast car.

i got a buddy with a fox that might wanna race but the thing is he dont go to the track. just throwing it outr there

NobleHdwe

I do agree with you jensen for the support of a site. Yeah don't think we would have the number of people that most sites do, but it would be nice to have something. Even if we just do the forum stuff on here, and have meets or something. I just want to get together with other local third gen people that enjoy their cars, not because they are cheap, but because they enjoy them. I think it would be fun.

unionfootball06

welcome Buddy!
88 im jealous just to let you know :-D
im thinking that this page is good enough... it seems to be used enough and i created a car page a long time ago and it fell through from a lack of members even though we had more than here... my 2 cents

NobleHdwe

Maybe we could start a "club" so to speak, but just take it one meet at a time. If we get enough interest then move on to a site, or something. I guess it would be up to the person that has the time and effort into the site if it's worth doing. If it costs anything I don't think it would be worth it at this time, but if we could do it free, and just have a basic forum or message board for calendar stuff then it would be cool to have, even if we don't have many users.

92whiteta

that sounds like a good idea NobleHdwe. we need to set up a meet. from what i have seen a domain name costs around $15 a month. usually a little less.

buddy rice eng

feb 8th the track opens up! we could get sum people to meet at thunder valley. 12 to 5 pm ....im goin to see what my car will put down, time wise.
sounds like a hell of an idea if u ask me. car people at a track lol.

NobleHdwe

If people wanted to meet at the track, Noble here where I am at. I manage the hardware store here in town, so they could meet here. My car is not really a race car by any means so I wouldn't care to actually race it, but it would be a fun meet to watch some of those that want to run them, and hang out with everyone. If we are serious I know a few of the people that run the track. Maybe they could cut us a deal on gate fees or something.

On the website: Maybe we should try and organize a few meets. See how many people show, and poll their interest in a site. I know there are three or four third gen's here in Noble, and they are not on TGO that I know of. So we could get some by spreading the word. I know the North TX club has made up some business cards, and when they see a third gen car they leave it on their car telling them about their club, and their website. That would be a pretty inexpensive ad campaign.

91camarosRS

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well i agree with just hanging out somewhere. i personally was thinking with starting with something like meeting some night on 39th?


or at a restaraunt or something. just some more ideas


and yes i agree i want to hang with more ppl who love the third gens not because they cheep. maybe gary up at american camaro can show up in his vipersniper

NobleHdwe

Any of those saound good to me. All we need now is warmer weather!

91camarosRS

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i mean i dont wanna sound like im taloring it to me but... i live in chandler along with one of the other guys and thunder vally is a little far right now. i mean i would love to go there! but i was just thinking in the city somewhere first or a commonground somewhere.






also are we allowed to get stickers made? leagal?
like a small one on the back window on the side "thirdgen.org"
we could all get one to promote the site?

NobleHdwe

I totally understand where you are coming from. I want to make it as centrally located and easy for everyone as possible. Then maybe we can move it places here and there for special outings. I know Coit's on 39th and May has cruise nights weekly during the summer. It would be cool to get as many thirdgens there together.


I think thirdgen.org already has an area where you can get those. Can't really remember where I saw them now. Maybe in the threads where the t-shirts are.

buddy rice eng

i started a new thread with a poll to see what gives.

91camarosRS

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but when?

and where are those stickers? i know a guy here in chandler who can make them if we are allowed

NobleHdwe

I'll check and see when the Coit's Cruise-In starts. Other than that I work every other weekend until 6pm. Other than that I'm pretty open.

Here is the link to the Decals. If you go further down below the regional boards, and before the classifieds there is a merchandise boards. I don't know if okofoz still has them, but here is the link to it.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/merc...ar-decals.html

91camarosRS

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i may just make my own if i can leagaly?

buddy rice eng

u can put a sticker on ur car ....as long as it is not obstructing ur view.

91camarosRS

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im talking trademark issues

88-Camaro-88

I like the sticker idea.
I agree on the driving distance, It'd take a whole tank of gas to get down to Thunder Valley lol I don't mind meeting up in the city sometime though

88-Camaro-88

I say just make a sticker :P As long as it's not the same as the website's you shouldn't get into trouble.... it'd be like a small band doing a cover of a more famous band's song, everyone does it and they don't seem to care because it just gets the bigger band more recognition. That's just the way I see it, but copyright laws and all that do seem to be thrown out of proportion sometimes so who knows lol

NobleHdwe

I agree. As long as it wasn't the same design you should be fine legally. Since this board isn't really a company, but more of a community if you make one, you may post it on here and may be able to sell it to others. Let us know what you come up with.

I'm all for meeting in the city. Do you think we should wait for warmer weather, or just anytime in the near future?

92whiteta

i would rather wait for warmer weather. (more time to get the T/A running better)

91camarosRS

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well im for meating both times. lol i wanna get together with ppl right now lol and also in the future because of weather

NobleHdwe

Does anyone have any ideas of when and where? Is Downtown more convienent, or just anywhere in the OKC area? There are quite a few places to eat just about everywhere so just wherever is easiest for everyone works for me.

91camarosRS

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well. i personly was thinking of this really cool place. pollposition raceway. its close to 39th and we could cruise some sat night. thats an idea

NobleHdwe

Yeah I've heard of that place. My wife and I were just talking about going there some time. Thought our daughter's would really enjoy it.

91camarosRS

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that place is freggin great!!!! addicting im warning you
i havent been in forever but i used to go every week
its around 20bucks a race but its fun

NobleHdwe

How long do you get to race? I hope a while for $20

Chris Etemadi

When the weather gets nice I will be at the track. Buddy rice is a great machine shop. Thats where I have my machine work/ balancing done.

Its good to see some Thirdgen action in Oklahoma!!

91camarosRS

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holy cr@p chris that car is insane! simalar to what i wanna do. i gotta see it.

seeing u are in stillwater, does my car look familiar? i think my car came from there. i found recipts in the back from like 03? from around there and i found a windshild sticker burn-in that said stillwater designs. the car used to have rs 15s on it white on white. huge tires on the back and a bra when i got it


as far as racing goes, its like 14 laps? about 50sec a lap?

its been awhile. like i said expensive but really really fun

91camarosRS

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serously. i really wanna make my car ALOT like yours only white and t56. lol. what hp u got? i live kinda close to u i really need to see your car sometime lol sorry im all giddy lol its just nice to see

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I agreee. Chris that is a nice looking car. Looks show quality. I can't get over how clean it looks on the bottom.

People get dirty looking at my car from 50 yards away.

Chris Etemadi

Thanks for the props! Although, there is a lot that needs work that the pictures don't show. That was a pic of the underneath a couple years ago after I just got it running so it was fresh. Its all just a work in progress.

By the track I meant the strip preferably. I haven't been to Thunder Valley or Tulsa Raceway Park in over a year.

91camarosRS

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so i take it u dont reconise me? lol


well when are we all going to get together?

Chris Etemadi

I have only been in Stillwater since 06' Im originally from OKC. I come down there a couple times a month. As soon as the weather gets nice, and I get some new tires on the rear Im down.

NobleHdwe

Well I'm in for jsut about whenever. I know the weather is probably knocking out this weekend, and I work every other weekend, but am off at 6pm. So if we do it after then it won't matter.

I got the windows fixed in the RS so now I don't freeze while driving it.