Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Subject:Re: To ship or not to ship? bus to hawaii?
From:Rob
Date:Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:58:56 -0800

At  2/7/2005 09:47 AM, Matthew wrote:
>I'm looking at a 2-year job in Hawaii. I'm considering
>shipping my syncro westy (loaded full, too!) there.
>I've heard rumors or rust being worst than the east
>coast! So, should i ship the bus, or store it for free
>at my brother's place in central California?  I'm
>figuring it'd be cheaper to ship it than it would be
>to purchase and then sell a vehicle.

I left Hawaii in 1990 with my '86 synco, at that point rust was not a problem.
One odd thing to mention, when we went to leave we had to get permission of
the bank holding the car loan to take it out of the state. With that
permission they would not have shipped it.
Like I said this was in 1990.

Rob
becidawa@hctc.com

Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »