Old Cars in Hawaii

[Jeff/Illinois]

Paul Shinn's latest video, where he is sending his '30 Coupe 'Gandalf' to a buyer in Hawaii, got me to thinking 'yes' they don't have very many old cars over there due to the 24 hour per day 365 day per year, salt moisture in the air exposure....

Makes me glad I live in the Midwest away from that nonsense, at least we can store the cars in the winter and wait out the salty roads

A friend from high school moved to Florida after we graduated and took his 'cherry '59 El Camino with him. I saw him five years later at the first class reunion and asked about his car.

He was pretty unhappy, the Florida heat and humidity and salt air (he lived not far from the Gulf) had ruined the car and he sold it to get rid of it it was rusting before his eyes he told me

[oldspert]

I was stationed in Hawaii for two years from 69 to 71. There was still older antique cars in excellent shape then. A friend found a 34 Woody Ford that had been stored in an older man's garage for many years. Bought it for $500 and shipped it back to the mainland. It ran like a new car because the owner kept it in great shape.
Ed

[Y-Blockhead]

I have seen more damage from salty roads than salty air but neither is a good thing. I guess we are lucky most of our bright work is made of "Rustless Steel".
I gave up on my chrome bumpers and luggage rack years ago and replaced them with stainless.

[Ray in La Mesa]

Long ago I had a friend in the local A club who had his dad's '29 phaeton that spent it's whole life in Hawaii. Every horizontal surface was rusted thru, hood tops, doors, fenders, radiator shell, floors, dash rail & the running boards were wood replacements. it sold at the swap meet for $1500!

[Canton_Model_A's]

I wouldn't think that Paul would sell Gandalf. But he did say in the video that he overpaid to ensure it would not turn into a Hot-Rod.

We sure it is going to Hawaii, or did I miss that in the video?

[ModelA29]

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Originally Posted by Canton_Model_A's

We sure it is going to Hawaii, or did I miss that in the video?

That was last Saturday's video.

Model T was going to do a video on putting the car in the container. That one if it gets done hasn't posted yet.
There are no MARC or MAFCA chapters in Hawaii - I wonder if they will start one. There has to be at least 2 Model A fans in the state.

[Lightman7]

The Hawaii salt air rusts things slower than salty roads, but unless you keep your car in a somewhat sealed environment, the salt will eventually affect it. (even small things like light switches eventually succumb at a rate proportional to your distance from shore) I think the simplest solution would be a reverse solar fan with a filter that could remove the salt particles causing positive pressure inside the storage space. Of course that would heat up the space too.

[nkaminar]

There were a lot of narrow gauge locomotives in the sugar cane fields that are now solid blocks of red rust. I helped a friend of mine replace a water heater there. There is in enough sea water in the fresh water that the hot water heaters don't last more than a few years. Hawaii is a great place to live if you are a plant.

[katy]

Originally Posted by nkaminar

Hawaii is a great place to live if you are a plant.

Good one, thanks.

[Lightman7]

Originally Posted by nkaminar

Hawaii is a great place to live if you are a plant.

Only on the Koʻolau (windward) side.

[ModelA29]

Originally Posted by nkaminar

Hawaii is a great place to live if you are a plant.

That must be why all the termites are there.......


Termites thrive off of the wood that supports the structural integrity homes and businesses, causing more than $100 million in structural damage each year in Hawaii alone, according to the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

[stickshift]

I remember being on vacation in Hawaii (Honolulu) in 1977. A cloudburst happened and I looked down out of the balcony and saw a parked Cadillac Eldorado convertible with top down getting drenched. That Cadillac probably didn't last long, sunny one minute and raining buckets the next. I can smell the moldy carpet from here.