Recommendations on what to do while on holidays in U.S

[*rayman*]

We are heading over to the U.S from Australia in a couple of days, looking for some tips on some additional things to do while we are there.

Our travel plan is:
- New York 7 nights (including 4th July)
- Fly to San Fransisco (2 nights)
- Drive from San Fran to Vegas (night stoppover in Yosemite park)
- Las Vegas (3-4 nights)
- Drive from Vegas to LA, stay Huntington beach (2 nights)
- Day trip down to San Diego for Seaworld
- Stay in Sunset blvd in LA (3 nights)
- Fly out from LA

We are going to visit the following car shops: Foose Designs, Barry White Speed Shop, West Coast Customs, SoCal customs (vegas), Matts Classic Bowties, Classic industries, maybe the Edelbrock shop.

Are there any decent Auto recyclers in our vicinity's that are likely to have any first gen camaro stuff? What about street meets/test and tune nights, car shows?

If any of you have any recommendations of must see things in these places i've mentioned, i'll add it to our itinery if we don't already have it.

[Mikael A]

We have a hole bunch of street meets fri/sat night and sunday morning on the Island outside NY.

Let me know if you want to go.

[*rayman*]

We have a hole bunch of street meets fri/sat night and sunday morning on the Island outside NY.

Let me know if you want to go.

Sounds cool, we are in town both friday and saturday night. Where abouts are these held? PM me if you like. We're staying in Times Square, so we are pretty central.

[awr68]

If you could swing it I would head to Iron Works!!

[JayR]

The Foose Design tour is Noon-1 and is a must see if you're in Huntington Beach.

All the little beach cities around San Diego like Pacific Beach, Del Mar and La Jolla are very cool and the San Diego Zoo is world class.

In L.A. you won't be far from the Petersen Automotive Museum which is always amazing. The Sony Studios Tour in Culver City is the best kept secret in Hollywood. It's not some phony ride through mock movie sets, it's a walking tour through a working studio where movie making history has taken place for nearly 90 years when it was first opened as the original MGM Studios so check it out if you're into movies. Venice Beach and the Santa Monica promenade are nearby and always good times and great people watching.

You might also try to get tickets to see tapings of the Tonight Show or Jimmy Kimmel's show but they're hard to get.

Have a great trip and be sure to post pics!

[*rayman*]

Yeah we were hoping to get a tour through the foose designs shop. I knew about the limited opening hours, didnt think to call ahead though. Will do that a day or 2 in advance.

Was hoping Matts Classic bowties would have a decent inventory of stock, i didnt really want to wait forever at Classic Industries.

[hellrace]

This is a great tread, we are planing our holiday next year so this is good info for me :thumbsup:

[rwhite692]

If you are looking to see some cool abandoned military sites, while you are in SF, go across the Golden Gate (North) to the Marin Side, take the second right that you can take after going over the bridge, follow the signs for Marin Headlands.

You will drive up a winding road and once you get up there, you will be treated to the best views of the bridge and SF skyline to be had. Suggest going in the early afternoon for best visibility.

Follow the signs for the various gun Batteries, and you will see some pretty neat stuff.

[*rayman*]

If you are looking to see some cool abandoned military sites, while you are in SF, go across the Golden Gate (North) to the Marin Side, take the second right that you can take after going over the bridge, follow the signs for Marin Headlands.

You will drive up a winding road and once you get up there, you will be treated to the best views of the bridge and SF skyline to be had. Suggest going in the early afternoon for best visibility.

Follow the signs for the various gun Batteries, and you will see some pretty neat stuff.

Thanks for the tip, we have a rental car while we're in San Fran, might go for a drive and check it out. Of course we are going to visit alcatraz also while we're there.

[porkchop]

Not car related.Take the walking tour of Alcatraz when in San Francisco.

[SLO_Z28]

Pier 39 in San Fran is pretty cool to stop and see the sea lions, you can grab a realllly good lunch at the Fog Harbor i think its called. Yosemite is worth spending a day at, it is one of the treasures of the world, amazing place. Barry White is kinda out of the way from where youre going(a bit northeast), but still a cool place. Ironworks is in Bakersfield I think and thats on your way to vegas. In LA Universal City Walk is pretty cool. You can stop by Burbank too and eat at bobs big boy on a cruise night if the dates line up, and take a studio tour of NBC studios. A drive up the pacific coast highway is pretty cool too, theres plenty of cool beaches if youre into that kinda thing, stop and eat in malibu, home of the $5.50/gal premium gas :willy:

Oh, and what happens in Vegas, well, it stays in Vegas.

[Beach Cruiser]

After you loose all your money in Vegas, head out to Las Vegas Speedway and check out the Shelbly musuem and shop. Also a 1/2 trip to the Hoover dam is pretty cool thing to do as well.

[Stuart Adams]

Don't see the Frank Caliendro show at the Monte Carlo, cheesy. Also its been 115 in Havasu lately, Vegas is usually a few degrees cooler, so walking the strip in the daytime is probably a bad choice. Sounds like a fun trip. Good luck, be safe.