Northern Illinois Chapter Open House - January 16

[BlueOvalBolt]

Our friends in the Northern IL Chapter are combating the winter blues with an Open House. Here is info that was posted:

On sunday january 16th Northern Il. svtoa is having a open house 1-4 pm at victor motorsports in wauconda off route 12 1 mile north of rt.176 there will be a factory rep from saleen and the new 2005 s281 will be there also. The n20 focus from saleen will be there also. Kenny Brown performance will have the new 04 cobra they just finished with a full race suspension and all the bells and whilstles for victor motorsports. There will be a 2000 cobra R among other svt cobra's. Free soda and snacks and raffle for ford products along with a $100 gift certificate. Also if the weather is good bring your ride and we will take a picture for our website thanks everyone and we hope to see you all. PS If you have any questions Call our Director @ 847-623-2466 ask for Bill thanks.

[DOHC 281]

Since there is no racing or Packers on TV, I might go to this.

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[DOHC 281]

Sorry, I forgot that Latin translation. :rolleyes:

With nothing planned for the day, I took the back roads to Victor Ford. It really isn't too far across the border. Interestingly, Fox Lake Ford is just up the road and is also a SVT dealer. :eek:

The Northern Illinois SVTOA held their open house inside Victor's truck dealership. Small, but nice facility. They still have 3 Cobra 'verts and about the same number of Foci. And one really BIG mean black HD F350 crew cab, on $6500 worth of lift, wheels and tires.

On display were two N20 Saleen Foci. Sharp cars - I always like Saleen's add-ons and wheels. However, I didn't care for the "boss" stripe on the side, nor the add-on late-model Mustang GT hood scoop. Yes, they do come with a NOS bottle. All for $25k.

The S281 Saleen Mustang was held up "at the factory". I forgot to ask where that was. Still in Cali? :confused:

One member previewed his orange 04 Cobra. It was totally set-up for street and open track by what I imagine everything that Kenny Brown sells. Very sweet.

One thing I learned about a raffle: Tickets sell like crazy when the sponsoring dealer kicks in a $100 gift certificate!. Tickets were $2.50, or 5 for $10. I kicked in ten and was "lucky" enough to win a size M Victor shirt. Do you think Griffin Ford would mind if I regifted this baby at our Ice Breaker? :D :cbra: