About Us
The VW Club of Hawaii was founded in 1997 by a group of friends. The original group had been “cruising” the VW scene in Oahu from the late 70′s to the early 80′s. In 1997, Todd Matsumoto rallied this group of friends, known today as, the “VW Club of Hawaii”.
The club’s intentions were to make a positive impact in the community. Other goals were to make VW’s safer on our streets and to legalize the ever popular fiberglass Dune Buggy and Porsche Speedster replica.
We are a family oriented club and base our cruises and community events on good old fashioned family values. We welcome all new members to our family and look forward to perpetuating the VW scene in Hawaii.
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ALOHA,
I have two doors and a deck lid from a 1973 Ghia that I would like to sell. There is some limited rust, all easily repaired. The doors have the glass, door hinges and interior latches. If anyone in your club is interested, please contact me via my email address.
Mahalo, Bob
ALOHA!!!
A warmest greeting from Paris, France
Don
i am a soldier deployed to kuwait,and i come home in august!i have a 67 vw bug that i am going to rebuild when i come home,i want to join your club how can i join?thank you,Spc.Walter Koko’o US Army (Hawaii National Guard)Camp Patriot Kuwait
Keep the VW love going! Seems like you guys do a lot over there in Hawaii. I’m trying to keep that same VW love going here in FL!
Great to see some old timers that are into VWs.
I was part of the 70s-90s Big Isle Bug guys. Pretty sure I was the first gearhead to run 48s on the street. I been to Oahu a few times…back in the day when the LollyPop was still there. Anybody rememer “Ruff n Ready”?
57 drag bug owned by Smally Cho. He must be in his 50s by now.
Anyhow, hope to cruise with you guys someday.
Aloha
Looking forward to becoming a member and having access to all the great resources. I have a 70 transporter and a 63 ghia . I’m looking for advice about a body off resto on the ghia. See you guys at the show this month. Thanks for all the info ,Billy. P.S. Pat Smally Cho lives close by has vw’s and has a year old set of twin girls and has a painting company Island wide coatings & refinishing islandwidecoating@hotmail.com Mahalo gang.
Interested in joining your club. I have a Manx. I know a few members but never have attended a function yet.
Hi guys i live in kona but my car is in honolulu, dont really know anyone but would like to do some of the cruises with you. do you need to be a member to attend? What would be cool if one day we could get all the islands together meet and do something special show and shine island cruise and pot luck on a weekend. just a thought thanks
Just moved to the island and going to ship my bug over in a couple of months. I had the bumper cutouts in the fenders filled in. Do I need to run bumpers or t bars over here to pass safety inspection.
you need bumpers here, you may be able to run buggy bumpers but will need to be approved by Hawaii’s DMV (Recon) reconstruction division. An appointment needs to be made, I would STRONGLY suggest talking to some of the local VW guys to get their take, advise on your situation. If your car has been altered in anyway?? it needs to be within limits/regulation of Hawaii’s laws. It’s best to research all avenues before you make an appointment, if you fail at recon, your car will be failed for safety check as well !!
If I can ever move back to Hawaii , Im bringing the ghia and coming to all your events, and looking forward to meeting the whole island VW crew and seeing there rockin VWs!
peace and love to all you and yours, Scott , santa cruz
Howzit, I’m in the Navy and now live jacksonville, FL. I just bought a 65 sedan from up here and wanted to join your guys club eventhough I live up here in the mainland. I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully being able to represent Hawaii all da way ova hea! Aloha, laka
We are from Hawaii including our 1960 dble. cab pickup which we show. But we live in Florida. Would love to be a member of the VWClub of Hawaii n Show our pick-up under your name. We have won 9 Best of Shows 5 with Vws n 4 with open class.For a total of 74 trophies.Lional Haile told us to contact John Morigama. Could you send us more info? The VW locals in Florida all show together.We are on our way to the Pasco Jam nov. 14. which we won 1st place last year. Mahalo Marty
you need bumpers here, you may be able to run buggy bumpers but will need to be approved by Hawaii’s DMV (Recon) reconstruction division. An appointment needs to be made, I would STRONGLY suggest talking to some of the local VW guys to get their take, advise on your situation. If your car has been altered in anyway?? it needs to be within limits/regulation of Hawaii’s laws. It’s best to research all avenues before you make an appointment, if you fail at recon, your car will be failed for safety check as well !!
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Hey there air cooled guys my name is thomas vaughn an recently i got in boots deep in to a transporter restor project ,it would be my second vw since my teen age years im intrested in the other bus guys out there an looking for bus doors passdoor driversdoor an slidedoor from yr 76 to 79 thanks for your help
thanks agian Thanks agian Thomas Vaughn at 808 222 2252
can i join VW Club of Hawaii even though i live in carson ca???
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youy guys got t shirts and stickers for the club and the 2011 shaka weekend?
i got a 56 baby window w/semaphores and a 2332cc built by powerhaus. got into bugs in the late 70′s as a kid–now @ 52 finally got my dream– a baby window!!!
mahalos,
obake
Hey Everyone Tony VW is selling great unsualstuff VW memorabilia this weekend at Podium raceway from 11:00 to 4:00 PM
Aloha,
Looking for a classic VW Bus to rent for a wedding. Does anyone know people I can contact for this?
Mahalos!
Aloha! We have a 1992 VW Cabriolet Covertible Wolfsburg Edition that has seen better days. We’ve only had it for a few years and use it only to run around Hickam AFB and Pearl Harbor. My husband is NOT a car guy and, as much as we love the car, we can’t afford to put any money into it. Would anyone be interested in taking this on as a project car? it’s a super cute/fun car and we hate the idea of junking it.
Mahalo!
Aloha! How can I get a t-shirt from Shaka weekend?