Bring antique auto? Any clubs?

Absolutely DON'T bring her here. The terrain is a killer, the sun will do in her finish and she'll get all dinged up and not stay pristine for long. Consider leaving her under wraps at home. I have several friends here who never contemplated bringing their old babies to the island. Many of them STILL hang onto their cars and visit them (honestly!) on trips back to the mainland; some have left them under wraps on the mainland for a couple of years and then sold them for a good price.

I'm sure there are antique car buffs here but, for all the reasons above, no antique cars to speak of. The local thing here is to tart up older (mostly VWs but other makes too) with all sorts of bells and whistles and they have a rally at least on St Thomas once a year but that's about it.

Hope this helps!

well, for the flipside of this same conversation...

there are both antique cars and antique car buffs here. you
just have to be one to know it... but overall there is a good
selection of cars you wouldnt expect to find here...

just on st john, the rougher, hillier, and more bumpy island,
there's a real porsche 356 convert, a [new old stock] shelby
427 cobra, a fully restored early 60s vw microbus, a dozen
random 60s-70s vws [beetles, things, ghias, one more bus], old
harleys, an old indian bike, an old triumph bike, a
non-running but soon to be restored 53 MGTD, old 60s CJ jeeps,
an old willys jeep wagoneer thing, two old broncos, im sure im
forgetting a bunch! good selection for any town of a few thou
people.

on stt, though i dont live there anymore, i know of a
mint[ish] 53 mgtd, an old jag convertible, and yes tons of
vws, many of them rare and [desirable anywhere] 50s split
windows and oval windows. oh and recently a [real, old,
british, not the bmw made] mini. [anyone know who owns this?
i want to talk with him!!!] and im sure waaay more cars over
there, that i dont see in my 3-times a year trips!

now, to your husband's car... yes everything here will beat it
up. without a doubt. the question with old cars is always...
enjoy it or treasure it? if youre a driver... take old cars
to vintage events, on road trips, as a daily driver, then by
all means you will enjoy the old car here. if it's a trailer
queen or a "two sunny weekends per year" driver, and maybe to
one show a year, then it'll bring nothing but stress to have
it here.

anyway. just wanted to present the other side... =)
good luck!

Thank you for your honest replies - I think Beulah will have to go to a new home...she's probably too much of a "tank" for the terrain anyway. This has been husband's daily driver for 3 years, his midlife crisis car....no leaving it under wraps. The only things we intend to return to visit are family!

Becky

Beulah will be just fine. She surely isn't bigger than any of the busses or safaris that traverse the streets. I have a 52 MG TD and no problems. It's a Sunday driver, that's all. Keep it garaged or covered and she will be fine!
Ronnie