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Kahiki Big Moai Rebirth |
tikiskip
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2085 |  Posted: 2006-09-25 8:39 pm Permalink
I thought I would show how the repair of one of the two big moai that stood
out front of the Kahiki goes.
This is the left one.
I do not think I will be done until spring.
First we had to get it home.
Thanks Andy, Having a friend with a crane is useful.
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Sabina
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Apr 08, 2002
Posts: 367
From: The Lounge of the Seven Pleasures!
| Posted: 2006-09-25 8:45 pm Permalink
Are you kidding me?!!?!?!???!?
If I read this right, I'm going to need to schedule a Columbus trip sooner rather than later.
You, 'grand poobah' have simply outdone yourself!
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tikiskip
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2085 | Posted: 2006-09-25 8:46 pm Permalink
Now we need to do some welding.
They were pretty beat up!
Now I need to bend some rebar. And wire into place.
Until I get the welders out again.
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8FT Tiki
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Joined: Nov 30, 2003
Posts: 1172
From: Kansas City, MO
| Posted: 2006-09-25 9:38 pm Permalink
SKIP, you've got a big job ahead of you but it will be so worth it when finished. Congrats on making one HUGE save of a vintage tiki. I'm cheering you from 4 states away my friend. Keep those photos coming!
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virani
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Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1434
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2006-09-25 10:56 pm Permalink
woaw, that's a big souvenir from the Kahiki you'll have home...congratulation
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rodeotiki
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Joined: Jan 21, 2004
Posts: 1513
From: calgary
| Posted: 2006-09-25 11:00 pm Permalink
Awesome !!!!
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ikitnrev
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jul 27, 2002
Posts: 1298
From: D.C. / Virginia
| Posted: 2006-09-25 11:02 pm Permalink
Maybe you should leave a small opening at the bottom. Then, when it is completed and standing upright, a few tiki-philes could crawl inside with their mai-tais, and soak in the energy of a giant Moai ... or plan the demise of your secret anti-tiki arch-enemy
Or even better, place a small bar inside -- that would give new meaning to the term 'rebar'
Things you should not do with the Moai
- straighten the nose a bit, like they do on Nip/Tuck
- paint it pink for Easter.
- use it to store fireworks - unless you really do want to see a Moai in Space
- crack it up into smaller pieces and pave your driveway with the material
Seriously, good luck with the refurbishing.
Vern
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Jeff Central
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Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 1528
From: Columbus, Ohio
| Posted: 2006-09-26 02:17 am Permalink
WOW!! 
Thanks for documenting this skip!! It is truly a momentus occasion.
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4806
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2006-09-26 06:06 am Permalink
When you get it upright, I'll bring a bottle of Bacardi 151 and we can use that to relight the flame...
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2006-09-26 07:04 am Permalink
A formidable deed! This lifts the header "Collecting Tiki" on a whole new level. Looks like I am not gonna have the biggest any longer.
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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
| Posted: 2006-09-26 10:58 am Permalink
Quote:
| On 2006-09-26 07:04, bigbrotiki wrote:
Looks like I am not gonna have the biggest any longer. |
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I'm straining soooo hard to let that one go....
Vern, hilARIOUS suggestions! 
Tikiskip, that is the BEST thing I have seen a tikiphile do it YEARS.
Thank you for the money, the labor, the time, the love - we all truly benefit by your work.
Proud to have seen them still standing in situ,
F
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tikiskip
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2085 | Posted: 2006-09-28 10:19 am Permalink
Before I get to far on renovation I thought I should show the before shots.
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Haole'akamai
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Joined: Jul 07, 2005
Posts: 2269
From: The Polynesian Port of NOLA
| Posted: 2006-09-28 11:26 am Permalink
Sending good thoughts and gratitude your way.
Do you have back story on how you procured this piece of Tiki Magic?
~T
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tikiskip
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2085 | Posted: 2006-09-28 11:52 am Permalink
Ok here It is. I got a PM From Hula Cat here on TC. They said they were writing a book on the Kahiki. They saw my thread on TC about the Kahiki and thought I could help them out. So I told them yes and invited them to my home. I was so glad they were not some crazy A holes I could not wait to get rid of. Gerg and Melissa are great people!
Anyway I told them how to get in touch with the people I knew from the Kahiki.
They got me in on some talks with some I never met. Lee Henry was one.
Some of the people they interviewed were the Tsao family. In the interview Alice Tsao, the last owners wife, asked them if they wanted the Fireplace and the Moais.
They said yes. The only catch was they had to move them in three days.They asked me if I wanted one.
Well a, yes I do! Luckily my friend has a crane so I was able to
get it in time.
I need to say that had Melissa not taken this offer the three Kahiki items would have been cracked up and thrown away. She saved them!
Alright Hula Cat show your pictures!
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hewey
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Joined: Sep 14, 2004
Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2006-09-28 8:32 pm Permalink
Kool man! What a job!
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