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doug.nichols · 02-24-2018, 09:37 PM

I will be moving to Orcas Island, WA next year. Are any of you on the island?

mhsprecher · 02-24-2018, 09:54 PM

GB Sisson on the V8 Forum lives there. A beautiful place. Lucky guy.

Synchro909 · 02-24-2018, 10:17 PM

Gunna put floats on your A?

700rpm · 02-25-2018, 12:01 AM

Lucky you. Orcas is a very, very special place.

Bill G · 02-25-2018, 12:09 AM

It's a nice place. I have been to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island many times. Just think of the opportunities you will have to educate people on the ferries about Model A's. Unfortunately, I don't know of anyone on Orcas.

Tom Wesenberg · 02-25-2018, 02:09 AM

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Wouldn't salt air be a big problem for rusting cars?

SSsssteamer · 02-25-2018, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Wouldn't salt air be a big problem for rusting cars?

Tom, For the cars that sit out in the weather, the salt air quickly rusts them away. For those that regularly drive their cars and garage them away from the rain and salt air, no problem at all. Our 1929 Model A Tudor came from Orcas Island in 1968, and I bought it from the original owner. It spent most of its life outside in the island salty air. The only rust that it had was the floor pan under the back seat. An eight inch patch fixed the rust hole and we have been driving rust free tudor ever since. We drive it year round in the rain and in the snow. For our bright work, we have to wax it once a year to keep it fresh.

burner31 · 02-25-2018, 12:47 PM

Isn't an Island just a small Continent?

doug.nichols · 02-25-2018, 01:01 PM

I'm going with Keith's approach, a garage, periodic wash-downs, wax, and an occasional rust prayer...

Doug

Neil Mylar LakewoodCA · 02-25-2018, 04:37 PM

My wife and I stayed at Orcas island on a vacation last year. It is a beautiful place. We stopped at a small place and ate and noticed a large picture of several ladies driving a 1929 Phaeton in the 1955 Orcas island historical parade. We later found the same picture in a historical book, which I bought.
On a tour of the island we came across an open garage on a side road with a nice 1930/31 Tudor parked in it. Never could find the owner.
Orcas is indeed a special place and you will not be the only Model A owner there.

Neil Mylar LakewoodCA · 02-25-2018, 05:00 PM

Open garage on Orcas island.

doug.nichols · 02-25-2018, 06:23 PM

Aw. Nice to know there are others.

SSsssteamer · 02-25-2018, 09:14 PM

Doug, We also own four Stanley steamers and one of them is a Stanley Mountain Wagon. I hang out a bit with Grant Schmaker in East Sound on Orcas Island. He also owns Stanley Mt. Wagons. Here is his website:
https://stanleysteamertours.com/ A great place to hang out.

700rpm · 02-25-2018, 09:15 PM

I had friends in Eastsound many years ago. All gone now. Still have a couple over in Friday Harbor. Before the big tech explosion in the Seattle area property was still reasonable (early ‘80’s). Wish I could move there in my retirement, but can’t afford it now.

Simonpie · 02-26-2018, 11:37 AM

There's an active A club on Whidbey Island. Maybe too far for regular meetings, but would be OK for club runs and such.

Farrell In Vancouver · 02-27-2018, 01:55 PM

The wife and I toured the island on my bike back in 1996. We stayed over night and made sure we saw all of it. Most Magical Island I have ever been to, in both island chains. Absolutely great people and fantastic scenery to chew on, not to mention the food. We were just talking about our annual summer trip and where to go, and we found ourselves wondering how Orcas Island is doing...........

02-24-2018, 09:37 PM	#1
doug.nichols Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Olga, WA Posts: 184	Orcas Island, WA I will be moving to Orcas Island, WA next year. Are any of you on the island?

02-24-2018, 09:54 PM	#2
mhsprecher Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Takoma Park, MD Posts: 2,817	Re: Orcas Island, WA GB Sisson on the V8 Forum lives there. A beautiful place. Lucky guy.

02-24-2018, 10:17 PM	#3
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Orcas Island, WA Gunna put floats on your A? __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

02-25-2018, 12:01 AM	#4
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 5,906	Re: Orcas Island, WA Lucky you. Orcas is a very, very special place. __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

02-25-2018, 12:09 AM	#5
Bill G Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 1,045	Re: Orcas Island, WA It's a nice place. I have been to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island many times. Just think of the opportunities you will have to educate people on the ferries about Model A's. Unfortunately, I don't know of anyone on Orcas.

02-25-2018, 02:09 AM	#6
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Orcas Island, WA Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Wouldn't salt air be a big problem for rusting cars?

02-25-2018, 01:01 PM	#9
doug.nichols Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Olga, WA Posts: 184	Re: Orcas Island, WA I'm going with Keith's approach, a garage, periodic wash-downs, wax, and an occasional rust prayer... Doug

02-25-2018, 04:37 PM	#10
Neil Mylar LakewoodCA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakewood, CA Posts: 1,346	Re: Orcas Island, WA My wife and I stayed at Orcas island on a vacation last year. It is a beautiful place. We stopped at a small place and ate and noticed a large picture of several ladies driving a 1929 Phaeton in the 1955 Orcas island historical parade. We later found the same picture in a historical book, which I bought. On a tour of the island we came across an open garage on a side road with a nice 1930/31 Tudor parked in it. Never could find the owner. Orcas is indeed a special place and you will not be the only Model A owner there. Last edited by Neil Mylar LakewoodCA; 02-25-2018 at 04:50 PM.

02-25-2018, 06:23 PM	#12
doug.nichols Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Olga, WA Posts: 184	Re: Orcas Island, WA Aw. Nice to know there are others.

02-25-2018, 09:14 PM	#13
SSsssteamer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sedro-Woolley, WA Posts: 1,023	Re: Orcas Island, WA Doug, We also own four Stanley steamers and one of them is a Stanley Mountain Wagon. I hang out a bit with Grant Schmaker in East Sound on Orcas Island. He also owns Stanley Mt. Wagons. Here is his website: https://stanleysteamertours.com/ A great place to hang out. Last edited by SSsssteamer; 02-25-2018 at 11:59 PM.

02-25-2018, 09:15 PM	#14
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 5,906	Re: Orcas Island, WA I had friends in Eastsound many years ago. All gone now. Still have a couple over in Friday Harbor. Before the big tech explosion in the Seattle area property was still reasonable (early ‘80’s). Wish I could move there in my retirement, but can’t afford it now. __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

02-26-2018, 11:37 AM	#15
Simonpie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Portland Or Posts: 137	Re: Orcas Island, WA There's an active A club on Whidbey Island. Maybe too far for regular meetings, but would be OK for club runs and such.

02-27-2018, 01:55 PM	#16
Farrell In Vancouver Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pitt Meadows BC Posts: 1,003	Re: Orcas Island, WA The wife and I toured the island on my bike back in 1996. We stayed over night and made sure we saw all of it. Most Magical Island I have ever been to, in both island chains. Absolutely great people and fantastic scenery to chew on, not to mention the food. We were just talking about our annual summer trip and where to go, and we found ourselves wondering how Orcas Island is doing...........