On Thursday June 10, 2010, I left for California in a VW jetta with three friends. We booked it down taking shifts sleeping and driving. We made it to our hotel and the swimming pool a few hours before the the first event of the weekend, the Friday night VW Classic meet at Nick's Burgers in Orange County.
I have never seen so many aircooled VW's squished into one tiny place before. It was great! Beetles, Buses, Karmann Ghias, Type 3's, Things, Porsches, and many others just buzzing around everywhere. It was a beautiful Friday night, but a little colder than what I expected from So Cal. There was some very interesting cars there, some carying plenty of history and fame such as "Tar Babe" and others came all the way from England just for the show.
It was good to see plenty of other Canadians down at the show as well. We were hoping to see some great burnouts towards the end of the show, but the LAPD showed up in pretty big numbers before that could happen. It was still a great time, and I really wish I had an old aircooled now. Sell my Golf for an early 70's bay window bus? Maybe?
All photos can be seen here:
http://andrewholliday.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/8/california-roadtrip-part-i-vw-classic-nicks-burgers-friday.htmlI will have more photos from the Sunday Show as well as some beach shots on the blog soon.
A few teasers.
