NZ Classic Car

A LIFETIME’S WORK

You enter a world of American Graffiti and rock’n’roll when you step through the doors of the colourful ’60s diner at the Autohaven museum. It’s a slice of nostalgia created by Trevor Bills and his team in the middle of an industrial complex at Bromley, in Christchurch, but it’s just a tiny slice, a sideshow, for the automotive goodness on offer.

Trevor’s good mate John Raso invited me along on a quiet Saturday morning to view the collection, joined by manager Matt Sheppard. Trevor arrives in his classic Porsche, with coffee in one hand and phone in the other, set for a busy morning

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