Aloha VW Ohana,

The VW Club of Hawaii announces the return of the 8th Annual Shaka Weekend September 5th & 6th!!!

Our 2 day event is widely sponsored by local businesses and will be covered by Hot VW’s Magazine & Ohana Road. All for a good cause to support the Hawaii Food Bank. The VW Club of Hawaii would like to thank our President Todd Matsumoto, VP Angie Cariaga, VW Club Crew Members, and Loyal Sponsors for their dedication to making this event come together for the 8th year in a row! The Hawaii Food Bank really needs our help in these tough times, so please come out and support the cause! Print your entry form & flyer and pass it on to your friends and family. Be early to register your car and receive the early reg discount before August 22nd! Let’s make this event successful and fun! Mahalo VW Club of Hawaii

Saturday September 5th- Ala Moana Beach Park 8:00am to 4:00pm

Sunday September 6th- Hot VW Magazine Photo Shoot Yokhama

                                           9:00am Kapolei Theaters & Cruz to Yoks

Aloha Gang, We are announcing the sale of the VW club of Hawaii Blue Cruiser Shirts! We will be selling shirts at the Haleiwa Picnic tomorrow for $15.00 and have adult sizes from small to 2 XL. Limited supply so check us out at the tent to get yours. All shirt sales go to fundraising for the up coming September Show! Pictures will be posted soon! Or shirts can be seen in the Gallery under Hawaii Convention Center Show also. Mahalo for your support! Aloha VW Club of Hawaii

Aloha VW Ohana, Just a quick follow up mahalo to all the VWCOH Crew Memebers and VW Show Car Owners who shared their awesome cars with the people of Hawaii at the First Hawaiian bank Auto Show at the Hawaii Convention Center last month. The numbers are in and we had over 40,000 people pass through and see our cars!!! MASSIVE!!!    HUGE Thanks to Todd and Angie for keeping back in da day going strong! Mahalo to the main crew members Gordon Ortiz, Jeff Marzo, Kevin Meyer, Mike Roth and Hanibal Cabacungan for your support organizing. Special “Chee Hee” thanks to Shane and Dana for all the pictures and video coverages! See the Gallery and Video section of our website! Thanks Barry for sharing your rare collector cars too. Congrats to peoples choice trophy “voted by the public” went to Vic Pascua’s 1965 Black and Red Flamed Dune Buggy! All in all the best indoor VW show yet as said by many people with 34 VW’s. A big challenge to coordinate and set up! VW’s invited were- 2008 Alamoana Park show winners, daily drivers, swapmeet & cruise attendies, rare collector & kit cars, rare Type 3′s, and newly completed VW’s no one seen yet! Also mahalo to our own family members who support our Hawaiian VW hobby! At the end of the show drivers rolled out and took a final cruise through Waikiki. In case you missed it here is the big mahalo list of VW show cars & owners below.  Mahalo again to all who made this special event come together smoothly. You truely are VW Ohana in the Classic Hawaiian Style. Aloha VW Club of Hawaii

1966 Blue Flamed Dune Buggy, Todd Matsumoto

1964 Metallic Blue Dune Buggy, Stoney Samson

1965 Black Flamed Dune Buggy, Vic Pascua   

1968 Metallic Blue Karmann Ghia, Mike Roth  

1969 Black Karmann Ghia, Chad Dela Vega 

1973 Silver Karmann Ghia, Jeff Marzo                 

1956 Champagne Oval Ragtop Bug, Danny Nishi         

1957 Red Oval Rag Top Bug, Wayne Silva       

1957 Black Oval Hard Top Bug, Chris Kini    

1956 Olive Green Oval Hard Top Bug, Aaron Kahalewai

1955 Black Vert Bug, Glen Nomura             

1962 Blue Vert Bug, Alex Ching                           

1965 Metallic Lt Blue Vert Bug, DeRoy Dela Cruz    

 1958 Lt Green Rag Top Bug, Billy Lee        

 1963 Orange/White Rag Top Bug, Al Maghamil    

 1963 Brandy Wine Rag Top Bug, John Bautista     

 1967 White Hard Top Bug, Hanibal Cabacungan

1967 Gold Hard Top Bug, Travis Kapahu           

1956 Blue 11 Window Bus, Eddie Quillopo

1962 Red/White 11 Window Bus, Ruben Cadabes

1964 Sunburst 11 Window Bus, Eddie Quillopo

1966 Blue White 21 Window Bus, Rich Neitzel

1959 Off White Single Cab, Billy Kanuha

1961 Tan Crew Cab, Miguel Colon Leon

1963 Red/White Crew Cab, Kevin Meyer

1962 Metallic Blue Type 3 Notch Back, Colin Kunishige

1965 White Type 3 Razor Ghia, Glen Nomura

1973 White Thing, Destry Flores

1979 Flower Power Vert Bug, Bekah Nelson

1955 Silver James Dean Porsche Spyder, Barry Betencourt

1956 Black Red Pearl Porsche Speedster, David Yee

1970 Red Chop Top Bug, Gordon Ortiz

1946 Tan Collector Split Bug, Barry Betencourt

1953 Razberry Split Rag Top Bug, Lance Patigayon

Aloha VW Ohana,

We are glad to announce our 3rd return of The VW Club of Hawaii 2009 Show Car Invitational. Our show is in conjunction with the First Hawaiian Bank International Auto Show and Motor Trends Magazine at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Since last year’s show, we have gathered over 30 of some of Hawaii’s best, most rarest, unusual, classic and custom VW’s on the island!!! Along with Hot VW’s Magazine and Shaka Weekend feature cars too!!! So please stop by our booth and say whazz up and support your VW Club of Hawaii Ohana, It will be an AWESOME car show to see and enjoy!

Big Mahalo to Motor Trends for the return invitation!

Location- The Hawaii Convention Center

1801 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu Oahu

Show dates & times listed below-

THURSDAY 3-26-09 12:00pm to 10:00pm “College Day”

FRIDAY 3-27-09 12:00pm to 10:00pm

SATURDAY 3-28-09 10:00am to 10:00pm “Military Day”

SUNDAY 3-29-09 10:00am to 7:00pm “Kids Day”

For more info click here – 2009 First Hawaiian International Auto Show

Aloha and we hope to see you there, The VW Club of Hawaii

Aloha VW Ohana, Sending out a BIG MAHALO to all the VW Cruisers, friends and families who came out to the February 15th White Plains Beach Cruise. It was a classic sunny Hawaiian day with cool island winds, perfect for driving our VW’s. Hanibal and Jeff got us rolling with a drivers blessing and cruise route flyers. Todd lead the Cruise as we rolled out of Stadium McDonalds with 68+ VW’s. We passed through Pearl City, then out to Eva side Chevron for gas and go, then a quick cruise stop at White Plains Beach and finally gathering at the beautiful Kapolei Park. We would like to especially thank and recognize the “706 Vee Dub Crew” Al, Glen, John, Matt & 706 Club Members, their families and sponsors, for providing the tents, drinks, great grinds and VW Clubs logo cake!!! Mahalo to Robin for blessing the food too. Special thanks also to Shane and Dana from Creative Minds 808 for the picture taking and video coverage. AWESOME STUFF!!! See their video and pictures in the Members Section and Gallery. Our next event will be the St Patrick Day Parade March 17th. Hope to see you there!  

Aloha from The VW Club of Hawaii

Aloha VW Ohana,

Please come on out, shine up your VW and enjoy the Presidents Day White Plains Beach Cruise and Kapolei Park BBQ and Picnic. It’s looking to be a GOOD one!

Join us, Sunday, February 15th, Stadium McDonalds at 10:00am.

“Cruise route flyers with roll out time provided”

We then head Ewa side to White Plains Beach, then to Kapolei Park for the SPONSORED BBQ and PICNIC!!!

The hosted BBQ provided by “The VW Club of Hawaii” and the “706 VW Guys” will be serving up Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Drinks and Deserts at the end of the cruise at Kapolei Park!!!

Come out, talk story, take picture, have fun or just bring your own potluck food, that’s welcome too. VW Club of Hawaii keeping back in da day going strong! Mahalo & See you there!

“Flyers and Cruise Route to also be handed out at the Vintage VW Club’s Waimalu Swap Meet on Sunday February 8^th”

Download cruise handout below…

Cruise Handout in Word Format

Cruise Handout in PDF Format