Registering in Hawaii
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bigislandtroy
Registering in Hawaii
I'm planning on shipping my '72 124 Spider to Hawaii (Big Island) sometime in July / August. The car is in good shape and should have no problem passing safety inspection, but I run the dual 40 IDFs and I'm worried about having to deal with either smog or potential issues with a visual inspection. Any locals on the forum that have any advice on the inspection / registration process in Hawaii County?
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rlux4
- Patron 2022
- Posts: 4211
- Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:32 pm
- Your car is a: 1982 2000 Spider
- Location: Granite Falls, Wa
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Hi Troy, welcome to the forum.
Boy, are you lucky! You are a neighbor of manoa matt, a very knowledgeable and helpful member. He'll no doubt see this post and respond. When you get your car be sure to post pictures for us to admire.
Ron
Boy, are you lucky! You are a neighbor of manoa matt, a very knowledgeable and helpful member. He'll no doubt see this post and respond. When you get your car be sure to post pictures for us to admire.
Ron
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mbouse
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Hey, Troy. welcome to the site. Where have i seen your car before? those photos look familiar.
Dang, Hawaii?? that is too bad. i guess there are worse places to ship a Spider to.
Dang, Hawaii?? that is too bad. i guess there are worse places to ship a Spider to.
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ga.spyder
- Posts: 3478
- Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:19 pm
- Your car is a: 1982 Spider 2000
- Location: Blairsville ,Ga.
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Hey Troy,welcome to the forum and your car looks great! If you dont get a response soon,maybe you could send a pm to manoamatt.He is one of the most knowledgable guys here,and no doubt could answer your questions.
Craig
Craig
Craig Nelson
1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
2001 BMW 328ci daily driver and track car
Fling It Around Turns !
1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
2001 BMW 328ci daily driver and track car
Fling It Around Turns !
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bigislandtroy
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Hey Mike, I've been around in the FIAT community for a while, but have been laying low the last 5 years or so. I also have a handful of pictures up on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/troymckaskle/sets/304891/ maybe you've seen it there on on one of the other FIAT sites.mbouse wrote:Hey, Troy. welcome to the site. Where have i seen your car before? those photos look familiar.
Dang, Hawaii?? that is too bad. i guess there are worse places to ship a Spider to.
I'm on the dry / leeward (kona) side of the Big Island and we don't get much rain, but we do get lots of sunshine. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that rust won't be a problem.
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mdrburchette
- Posts: 5754
- Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:49 am
- Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
- Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Beautiful car! I'm a bit partial to the 71-72 models. 
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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boogiedude
- Posts: 410
- Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:22 am
- Your car is a: 1978 spider 1800
- Location: Honolulu, HI
Re: Registering in Hawaii
well, we don't have emissions checks here so no worries about that, and about the carb, for the safety inspection, they dont even open the hood so there should be no problems as long as the car runs, and all blinkers and such work.
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manoa matt
- Posts: 3442
- Joined: Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:28 pm
- Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Spider 1800
- Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Aloha Troy,
Good thing you are on the Kona side vs. the Hilo side. More things to do, and 100X better weather. Like others have said, no emissions only annual safety checks. The last safety check I had they didn't even drive the car.
If you haven't picked a shipping agent yet, I would strongly suggest going with Pasha. I got mine shipped from San Diego very reasonably, and the car is driven on the boat instead of going in a container that could possibly fall off the side of the ship (it happens, 10,000 containers per year)
I'm on Oahu, but I frequently go to the Kona side of the Big Island for work. I actually have to go there this week, Wed. night through Friday.
Look me up when you get here, and If you need parts, I probably got them.
Boogiedude, let me know when those trans parts come in.
Good thing you are on the Kona side vs. the Hilo side. More things to do, and 100X better weather. Like others have said, no emissions only annual safety checks. The last safety check I had they didn't even drive the car.
If you haven't picked a shipping agent yet, I would strongly suggest going with Pasha. I got mine shipped from San Diego very reasonably, and the car is driven on the boat instead of going in a container that could possibly fall off the side of the ship (it happens, 10,000 containers per year)
I'm on Oahu, but I frequently go to the Kona side of the Big Island for work. I actually have to go there this week, Wed. night through Friday.
Look me up when you get here, and If you need parts, I probably got them.
Boogiedude, let me know when those trans parts come in.
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bigislandtroy
Re: Registering in Hawaii
Right on - thanks Matt & boogiedude! Matt, I am planning on using Pasha. They are right down the road from me in Hayward, which is an easy drop, and they deliver into Hilo direct. The only way it could have been more perfect was if they delivered to Kawaihae. Should be fun driving the Saddle Road on the way back home, though!