I travelled to Cambridge this Easter for the 2008 New Zealand Volkswagen Nationals hosted by the Waikato VW Club. After flying up to Auckland early Friday morning I was met at the airport by Philip Coyle (author of '50 Years of Volkswagens in New Zealand'). We drove back to his Mum's place in Whenuapai, and prepared his '56 oval window beetle and his '63 left hand drive ragtop beetle for travel.
Being a public holiday long weekend, the traffic driving out of Auckland was appalling, it took us about two and a half hours to travel as far as Huntly. I drove the '56 oval with a huge grin on my face despite the traffic jams we encountered.
