Dr Tweak's Grand Tour of America

Dr Tweak's Grand Tour of America

>>>>>BIG CHANGE OF PLANS, CHECK POST #30!<<<<<

Well, I've decided that this spring, around May, I will be taking a tour of the entire country. Leaving from GA, I will travel north all the way up the east coast (into Canada), across to at least Montana (possibly all the way to Washington), and then down, Colorado, Arizona, etc, then back across the southern US through Texas all the way back to GA.

The reason that I'm bringing it up here is that I would really love to stop in and meet some of the many great people that I've met on the forums over the last 6+ years. For that matter, I've also been considering packing up my tools and bringing them along in case anyone wants me to make a "house call" while along the way.

So, if you're interested in getting together just to meet and hang out or to get some work done, post here in this thread so I can start finalizing my route a little more!

As I go along I'm going to take a lot of pics especially of us getting together with fellow Toyota owners, and I'm going to try to start and update a thread as I go around the country...

-Doc

Any chance u'll be singing through Soutern Florida? :king:

Well, probably not on this trip.

-Doc

as i said elsewhere, stop in baltimore.

omg, please stop by New York City... help me with my manual tranny swap.....there's a lot of junkyards here that we can rummage through........pretty please?

around may...hmmm, maybe ill stil be in binghamton but i can def meet you in new york city...

when ru coming to colorado?

To bad that I don't have Corolla anymore.

Let me know if and when you're planning a stopover in Toronto (Canada)

Cuz I have to start saving up LOL

'snot like you can't hang out, anyway.

Did I see Texas on that itinerary? Houston maybe?

I didn't say that I would not hang out, I would have liked his help on some projects on the rolla but she is gone.

im in jersey since ur traveling up the east coast;-) but i to do not own a corolla anymore...i have a honda:-D

well if a tranny swap is too big a job for a mobile mechanic (plus i dont have tools myself to lift a tranny lol), maybe help me install the celica intake manifold + tb? but then i wont have a cai... shit.

Alright here is the initial list, feel free to correct/add to it. I will say right up-front that I will not be able to make it to see EVERYONE, so if you get missed, don't feel bad.

Maryland/DC:
insaneintenti0n (tercelonline)
rjoe (tercelonline) *work on tercel
alfradio (tercelonline)
lilbit01 (trdforums)
MD4e

PA:
95st-celica (6gc) Philadelphia
burnyd (celicatech) Pittsburgh

Montreal:
Loki_V2 (tercelonline)

Toronto:
Gizmo (tercelonline)
Valo6 (6GC)
Anth505 (supramania)
rayray1 (trdforums)
REN69 (toyotanation)

Washington State:
kennymp3 (tercelonline) Vancouver
pimptrizkit (supramania) Vancouver
CorollaBest (trdforums)
Sean (celicatech)
geebes (celicatech) Spokane

Mass:
Tercel Drifter (tercelonline) Boston
Heavy_D (tercelonline) Worcester
x_itchy_b_x (6gc) Boston

Louisiana:
MadCat (tercelonline) Denham Springs
draenor (tercelonline)

New Jersey:
dero908 (tercelonline)
Rolla95 (trdforums) Deptford

Montana:
Red Hawk (tercelonline) Fargo *install clutch

Texas:
Havok1997GT (6gc) Houston
My2Celi (6gc) Arlington
death (6gc) *Fix speedo problem
MKIIINA (supramania) DFW
ARES (trdforums) Houston
Trouble (club4ag) Austin
cribbj (lextreme) Houston *Wiring harness work on 1UZ/Supra
nyana107 (celicatech) Dallas

Illinois:
Celicam8 (6gc)
wrongboy (celicatech) Chicago

SOCAL:
xs94st (6gc)
j0e_p3t (6gc)

California:
livingtheword777 (club4ag)

North/South Carolina:
illneversellmycelli (6gc) Statesville
Carolina91GT-S

Alabama:
The1 (supramania) Montgomery
donteatbugs (celicatech) Monroeville

Indiana:
Clueless (supramania) Columbus
VikingJZ (celicatech) northern Indiana

Vancouver, BC:
JustinGotA1j (supramania)

New Mexico:
zachm611 (supramania) Alamogordo
SW20Boost (club4ag)

Kentucky:
st2b (supramania)

Alberta Canada:
Keros (supramania) Calgary

New York:
vibebreaker (trdforums) NYC *auto/manual conversion, intake manifold, etc

Colorado:
MovieSTAR (trdforums) Denver
Hiko (celicatech) Boulder

Arizona:
n0c3lt (celicatech) Phoenix

Utah:
Luni (celicatech)

Tennessee:
Murgatroy (celicatech) Knoxville

lol damn thats a long list. hope you dont miss new york because..its the perfect way to enter Canada what with your choice of Buffalo - Niagara Falls or straight up north to Montreal.

Tweak, that guy MadCat on your Louisiana list? Is his name Jim? I know him from a local forum we're both on. Add me to the Louisiana list. I'd like a chance to meet you if I can.

when is this trip planned? looking at getting some parts for my car soon =]

SoCal!

I wanna meet the great Doc.

are you travelling with a van-load of tools??!

I in South Eastern PA, so MD and NJ work for me. Meet in MD somewhere.

Tweak, toss me on there I'm in Duvall, WA and I would love to meet you. The Turbo Corolla is sitting in the garage and the new 05 Subaru WRX STI is sitting in the driveway. I'm sure we could find some fun stuff to do

Depending on date....
Mayur (Chicago, IL)

cool TO people!
used to be on tercel online when I had one

nate, this would be a good time for us to meet up again...i wanna see your civic!!

Yea man, right now there is nothing really done to the civic, give me a few months, hoping for a 200+ hp 1.8 Liter Bottle Fed Baby.

You'd better be stopping in up here..

CHANGE OF PLANS!

Okay guys, HUGE update. I've decided that there were way too many people and places to see in just one month of traveling around, so I've come up with a solution to the problem, which is centered around this:



That's right, this baby is sitting in my driveway RIGHT NOW. In fact, I'm selling my house and all my earthly belongings that don't fit in the RV and I'm going on the road INDEFINITELY! I'll be doing wiring conversions in the RV as I go and I might bring a tig-welder along as well to do on-site fabrication.

With this setup, I'll be able to take my time and travel around the US, get to see the country, live very simply for a while, and get to meet lots of people from the forums and from shops that I work with. So keep adding yourselves to the list, we'll be making our way around slowly but surely!

PS: Anyone want to buy a nice house in Savannah, totally renovated, fully furnished for $159k? How about a 2004 Toyota Tundra 4-door Limited? Or a '93 Lexus GS300 maybe? drtweak@phoenixtuning.com

-Doc