Source: Harry B. Soria, Jr. - The earliest Hawaii-based version was recorded on 49th State records by George Na'ope in the late 1940s. I believe that while George was performing in Chicago, Illinois at "Harry's Waikiki", he must have learned the tune, and Hawaiianized it to put in his act. By merging a Yiddish favorite with Hawaiian pidgin, he modified it for his audiences. Neither George nor Myrtle credited Benny Bell, so the history was temporarily lost. When Myrtle K Hilo recorded her LPs in the following decades, she re-did several of the tunes George Na'ope had made popular on 49th State earlier.

A couple was once seated in a little motor car,
They were sweethearts and they didn't care who knew
They were holding hands together as the motor loudly roared
And the price of gas went up to twenty-two
He was an automobile mechanic working steady throughout the year
And in terms of his profession, he whispered in her ear

Will you love me when my carburetor's busted,
Will you love me when I cannot shift my gears?
When my spark plug is as dead as Kelsey's doorknob,
And my clutch begins to slip, will you shed tears?
Will you love me when my old exhaust gets noisy,
Will you love me when my pump is on the blink?
By heck,
When my fender has a dent,
And my piston-rod is bent,

Will you love me when my flivver is a wreck?
Will you love me when my fuel pipe is empty,
Will you love me when my rear end's worn and torn,
Will you love me when my rim-rod's old and rusty,
Will you love me when I cannot blow my horn?
Will you love me when my inner tube is busted,
Will you love me when my tank begins to leak?
By heck,
When the junkman says, "No use",
And my nuts and bolts are loose,
Will you love me when my flivver is a wreck?