My 1990 "Bluesmobile"

[79lincolnlover]

Awesome boxes!!

[chitownvic]

That is an awesome car...By the way when is this EVOC show never heard of it...any details...?

[watchdog]

That is an awesome car...By the way when is this EVOC show never heard of it...any details...?

That is at the 2008 Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show. I was there as was TRWP72. I had a blast and that is what prompted me to get another old police car.

The Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show will take place this year on Saturday, August 1, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Mooseheart, IL at Rt. 31 (Lincolnway) and Mooseheart Rd. (enter show off Mooseheart Rd. just west of Rt. 31) The 1000 acre “Child City” of Mooseheart, IL is located between North Aurora and Batavia. This year we will be sharing the show grounds with another North Aurora Days sponsored event called “Touch-a-Truck”. The event is free to the public, to all civic and government agencies able to represent their fleet and department, and to all pre-registered private collectors. Private collectors who register on the show day will be charged a $20 registration fee. Vehicle staging begins at 8 a.m. Please try to be staged before the show opens to the public at 10 a.m.

The Lights and Sirens Parade and the Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night will take place on Friday, July 31, 2009 in North Aurora, IL. Parade staging begins at 6:00 p.m. at Tinseltown Theaters, 320 S. Lincolnway (Rt. 31), North Aurora, IL and the parade kicks off at 7:00 p.m. (Parade route: north on Rt. 31 to John St., west to Willoway, north to Oak St., west to Randall Rd.) The arrival of the parade at the Clock Tower Plaza at Oak St. and Randall Rd. kicks off the North Aurora Days Festival and the Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night.

Due to the new location there will be no EVOC (Emergency Veihicle Operations Course) this year but the show will go on.

I will be there as will be TRWP72 and I hope Neums. Anyone in the area should come out to the show and meet up with us to say Hi. My car won't be there, not done, but TRWP72 will have his there.

The offical site.
www.emergencyvehicleshow.com

[neums]

I have no excuse for not showing up again (I only live 5 miles from the show). I have 2 cars this year, so I'll probably drive the Bluesmobile in the Friday night parade and bring the '86 to the Saturday show. I'll miss the EVOC, but the '86 probably isn't ready for it yet. Next year! Maybe I can win something too because my 1990 302 powered Bluesmobile was allways put into a class where I had to race everything else from the '90s. This included police package Camaros and LT1 Caprices. Now I can race in the '80s class with my 351 powered 1986.

[watchdog]

Hey Nemus,

My car will not be makeing the trip from Florida this year, so if you need a driver (hint...hint) Tom and I should be getting into town late Thursday night or early Friday morning.

Looking foreward to seeing you again.

[neums]

My car:


Me and a Dodge Bluesmobile being chased by Chicago & Mount Prospect Dodge Monacos at a Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show:



Dan Aykroyd with some movie cars during filming:

[neums]

Getting ready to run the EVOC course at the 2005 show:


Signing a waiver:



Thumbs up and ready to go:



Just finished, I guese I did OK because I look happy!

[87gtVIC]

Thats awesome!

[neums]

Some pictures from the 2004 show.
Putting on a helmet (this was the last time I used the show's helmet, they have everyone else's sweat, so I bring my own now):


Waiting in line with some modern Fords:


And I'm off!

[neums]

Sold my Buesmobile last weekend. It has been fun restoring, showing, racing, and parading the car for the last 10 years. I will now concentrate on restoring the 1986 Chicago police LTD.

[79lincolnlover]

Was the '90 sold to another police-car enthusiast?

[neums]

Yes it was. He has at least four other '88-'91 police package Crown Vics that I know of including another one of the surviving ten Blues Brothers 2000 cars. It will be going to Buffalo NY. The buyer is a semi-regular at the Chicagoland show, so hopefully he will continue bringing BB2000 car #66.