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10-19-2007, 03:42 PM
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Newbie from IL Hello all, just wanted to introduce myself. My name's Andy, I'm 31, and from central Illinois. I have been messing with project cars since I was 15 and consider myself reasonably adept mechanically. I owned a '99 Vette up until a couple years ago, so I'm not totally unfamiliar with the LSX, but it was just a bolt-on car, nothing major. I've also had a few pretty quick muscle cars over the years. I joined to get some tech insight for an upcoming project. My aunt is buying a new car so I'm going to buy her current high mileage '00 Z28. I have not completely decided on what I'm going to do with it, but I'm leaning towards a single turbo 370. I'm lucky to have several talented friends that share my gear-head compulsion. One's an ASE master tech, another is a boiler maker (great fab. guy, especially stainless), and another is a pro chassis builder, so pretty much anything I can't handle, I can get help with. As far as hobbies other than cars, I'm an obsessive bass fisherman, which takes up most of my free time. Project cars are my winter/rainy day hobby.
10-19-2007, 04:23 PM
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Oh ya! I'm just northwest of Peoria on I-74 a few miles. Last year we got a group together at the Bloomington hooters. Hopefully we'll be doing it again next year.
10-19-2007, 04:30 PM
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I go through that area quite a bit. I fish a lot on the Miss. river straight west of Galesburg. I probably drive right by you.
10-19-2007, 04:38 PM
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I live right in Brimfield which is a small town but you can see it right off I-74 westbound towards Galesburg. It sounds like you have a good project on your hands.
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Hi Andy!
I grew up in Knoxville, and now live in Germantown Hills,,,and the Hooters event the P-man was talking aboutearlier this year was fun,,hope to meet you soon!
I grew up in Knoxville, and now live in Germantown Hills,,,and the Hooters event the P-man was talking aboutearlier this year was fun,,hope to meet you soon!
