Like a lot of Kiwi ‘car families’ who tend to gravitate toward one favourite car event, the Davey family’s event of choice is the annual swap meet and car show held at Kumeu. James says, “We love to camp on the swap meet side of the event and immerse ourselves in all things petrol.”
January 2018 was no different; it was during this holiday that James and co were “enjoying the grease and the dust” in their 1973 XA Falcon sedan they had at the time. One night, over a few frothies, they got talking to their campground neighbours, telling lies about cars and car stuff. James had already spied the 1964 Fairlane their new friends had parked in front of their tent but thought nothing of it other than that it was a nice car.
Sometime during the night’s conversation, the subject of a car swap came up. James thought it was a joke at first and wasn’t sure how he felt about giving up his Falcon – little did he know that his wife had already floated the idea earlier in the evening. With this new development, the two families decided to take the conversation a bit more seriously, and by the end of the night, not only did the Davey family have a new car, they also had a caravan they’d had their eye on too. Might as well go full-send, huh?
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