History of CAMM

How it all started...

There were a few local asinus that would hang out regularly Wednesday nights. We all worked/lived in the general Fox Valley area. We all met on another forum and soon became pretty tight! We would go out have a few sodas, return home, and pillage the forum, LOL! It was a great beginning to what CAMM is now. Soon enough more of the locals that frequented the same site started hanging out on Wednesday nights. From Chicago, to Joliet, to Plainfield, to St. Chuck, to Bartlet, to Mchenry, to Montgomery, to Batavia...we all had our Mopars in common. The real bonding agent of the group though was a trip about a dozen of us took to Tennessee! One of the coolest rides in my car I have ever had, thank you all!

Upon return bonds were stronger than before and our antics had us multiplying. None of which fables are written in any kind of epic proportion, but they gave us the foundation of what we have today. We were given our own club forum on the other board to organize ourselves. It did what was intended. We were entering shows as a club. We were printing our own tee shirts, cards, and stickers. As a club all of us have wrenched on just about all of our cars in sort of capacity. When our welcome was worn else where, this new house was created.

We have seen our families grow. We have seen endeavors taken on by one another. We drink together, we laugh together and I am sure we will cry together. So what do we have today...?

CAMM, a fully self sufficient Mopar car club. Let there be no mistake that CAMM is a car club, but also it is a family!

Where are we @? We are everywhere, but we gather and hang our hats here http://www.chicagolandareamodernmopars.com/forum.htm

Everybody is welcome @ http://www.chicagolandareamodernmopars.com/forum.htm. Nobody is required to be part of CAMM. To be on this forum you do not have to be a member of CAMM. This is where CAMM parks and will as long as we are together.

Very nice Dave! Yeah I remember it all starting. The first time I met you guys was on the convoy to Tennessee. It was kindof weird how I never met any of you before but we all hit it off pretty well as if we knew each other for years. These past 2 years have been awesome and I wouldnt trade it for anything. I do consider my fellow CAMM Members family and I agree that we are pretty self sufficient. We also gladly welcome any fellow Mopar enthusiast to join the site, shoot the shit, hang out or do whatever with us and not have to be a CAMM member.

I have always wondered how CAMM came about. I feel like I am still so new to you guys and I don't know the whole history so this was kinda eye opening.

Thanks Dave.

Now that's what I'm talking about! Well said bro, well said.

Thanks for posting that! Our trip to Gatty was the first time we met most of you guys and boy it was a great trip. In fact, it was our first trip with basically complete strangers but we came back as friends and now, well...you all do feel like family.

Ding Ding Ding... Ok someone get that man a beer...

Well put Dave, I totally agree with everything said. In the last 2 yrs I have met some of the coolest people who enjoy some of the same things I enjoy. I have invited people over to my home and have been invited to other peoples homes and have always felt welcome. I am very happy to call each and everyone of you my friend!!!!

i met eveyone at buffalo wings a couple years ago. i had no hair at the time an was in the hospital a lot due to cancer treatments. they got me to stay out way late on a work night. "just one more beer!" then "come with us to sammys in joliet!" man i was out late for a work night... I've been coming back for "just one more beer" since.

Nice write up Dave. Always good to know and appreciate the history behind the it all. I am also very impressed with your writing skills. After reading many of your posts I never knew you could write this well.

Well I too know I am far away from being as close to you guys are already.I love the fact that you guys open your arms to meet new people without judging them.The first time I met the pack it felt right.It felt like I knew most of you even though it was my first time hanging out.I for one am going to try to make the best of everything to not only try to get to know you all but to also try and help out in whatever way I can!!!I love this site and the family here!!!GO CAMM

BTW thanks Ghost for clearing things up and for providing us who don't know how everything started!!

ChiTownHemi wrote:

Nice write up Dave. Always good to know and appreciate the history behind the it all. I am also very impressed with your writing skills. After reading many of your posts I never knew you could write this well.

thanx dude, i enjoy writing sometimes. it comes easy for me with the proper motivation. although sometimes it's like smashing my head into a brick wall stringing 2 words together, lol!

if anybody has the picture taken in front of that hotel day 1 of the Tenn. trip, this would be a good place to post it.

I was just on "that place" looking at pics the other day. I think I know the pic you are talking about Dave going to try to find it now.

Hopefully this is the one you were talking about Dave.





Also found this.




One of you will have to explain this one to me.

I am going through the pics again and saving off the ones I see of you guys.

https://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m36/eviltrycycle/Gattty/

One last one to post.

lmao, that last one is epic! i miss that kid!

Good times in Tenn!!!! The one of us in the Flinstones car was taken at a movie car museum. It was the car from the Flinstones movie.

what happend to blue superbee shawn?

i talk to juan on AIM sometimes.

jontoad wrote:

what happend to blue superbee shawn?

i talk to juan on AIM sometimes.

I have no clue whatsoever. I tried getting a hold of him on the Naziforums but he didnt answer. That dude still has my walkie talkie from the convoy.

liljoejoe54 wrote:

jontoad wrote:

what happend to blue superbee shawn?

i talk to juan on AIM sometimes.

I have no clue whatsoever. I tried getting a hold of him on the Naziforums but he didnt answer. That dude still has my walkie talkie from the convoy.

lol, i have pack in backs still, you want it!?

ghost wrote:

liljoejoe54 wrote:

jontoad wrote:

what happend to blue superbee shawn?

i talk to juan on AIM sometimes.

I have no clue whatsoever. I tried getting a hold of him on the Naziforums but he didnt answer. That dude still has my walkie talkie from the convoy.

lol, i have pack in backs still, you want it!?

Lol nice! Nah im good, i have like 4 more that I never even use.

jontoad wrote:

what happend to blue superbee shawn?

i talk to juan on AIM sometimes.

Is he the guy that went to the track with us last year?

I've tried contacting sean with the blue bee but he never responds to me.....?? He lives close to me just up north in Bristol, maybe they moved?

Shawn1112 wrote:

jontoad wrote:

what happend to blue superbee shawn?

i talk to juan on AIM sometimes.

Is he the guy that went to the track with us last year?

Yeah i think he went to the track with you all last year.

good write up Dave...

those weds nights were fun!!! at BWW and sammys....

I am proud to call all of you my friends!!!!

I keep in touch with most of you more than my own family!!!

ahhhh Gatty ...what a trip... and to the ones who played that MEAN joke on me


we have had many a mod nights at my home and parties .... its been a pleasure having everyone
of you hang with me and my family...cause you are part of that family now!!
and I am looking forward to meeting and having many more of the new CAMM members come and hang sometime!

Thanks all...you have brought me many laughs and smiles...helped improve my ride...and just been DAMN GOOD people to hang with!