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Been meaning to do one of these for a while... so here goes;  80's Honda Accord and some Square Box thing with a VW badge on it??  2x decrepid S130 280ZXs.. motor to be taken from one and drivetrains from both, the rest will be biffed, one is severely rotten and the other has had a serious smack at some stage in it's life.  Some one's C110.. oh yeah.. mine. Any opportunity aye? ;D  My brother's old MA61 Supra, which now after a few months, the purchaser has finally picked up!! Geeez, some people. Goneburgers. I didn't take any of my brother's Datsun 1200 wagon (VB110) or his 240Z (S30) one wasn't there at the time and the other is in the garage. Then, I left my driveway but the few retro choices in close vicinty were being guarded by owners and I didn't particularly want a hiding for looking suspicious taking photos of other peoples cars  To make up for it however here are some pictures from a local wreckers that I took a while ago;  810 SSS Coupe (& others)  Ford, Subaru, Datsun, etc.  Holden, Datsun, Ford, Vauxhall, etc.  Ford, Vauxhall, Holden, Datsun, etc  Honda, Mitsi, Toyota, BL, etc.  Mitsi, Mazda, Morris, etc.  Hillman, Vauxhall, Datsun, Mitsi, etc.  Toyota, Nissan, Vauxhall, etc.  You get the picture by now.. random cars! ;D  |
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983
Sunny: 1982
450SLC: 1973
Navara: 1992
Gloria: 1992
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Your scrapyards look divine!!!!
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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Indeed they do. Like a big retro playground  ;D |
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2006 12:48:06 GMT by Davenger
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To give you an idea, this is that particular yard on Google Earth;  |
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983
Sunny: 1982
450SLC: 1973
Navara: 1992
Gloria: 1992
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To give you an idea, this is that particular yard on Google Earth; HOLEEEEEY SHIAT... That's amazing... I need to drag my ass out to NZ for a holiday ;D A permanent one.. |
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That scrapyard makes baby jesus cry
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WHOAH!
I could get lost in there for a very, VERY long time!
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Wow!! Is it still a similar variety of stuff there nowadays? How long is a 'while'?
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mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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The car on the left bottom( DR 992) is a Aussie "Kimberley" quite rare now but were the next evolution of the Land crab.My old man bought a "tasman " and was completely happy with it. |
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2006 13:16:05 GMT by mercmad
Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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Club RR Member Number: 140
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Do they do package holidays?
Bed and Breakfast perhaps?
Camping?
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Its just new rubbish in most of ours! last time i checked that is.
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Your scrapyard has MUCH cooler stuff than any that I visit - is it normal for NZ scrappies to have such old cars? UK ones seem to be full of 7 year old stuff... I'm guessing Kiwi's keep their cars on the road longer and don't get sucked in to this perpetual new car buying like they do over here.
Great pics, nice to see how it's done the other side of the globe!
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I went out to NZ last year & there were LOADS of yards full of stuff like that one, not all as big though! Some were just a few dozen cars in a farmers field through to some that were 100's & 100's of cars stacked high-all kinds of retro lovelyness. Even someone I met had approx 40 old fords-mk1 & 2 escorts, cortinas & one VERY cool anglia 100e van. & I WILL be going back there! |
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Most scrappies have newer stuff, basically because they have a higher turnover of cars, the guy with that yard has another paddock or two elsewhere and doesn't care if he sells things or not. The only problem being you're not allowed to just walk through.  He also has several large dogs as well as an electrified and alarmed fence. spottedlaurel, oh.. a "while" is several months, but that particular stuff is all still there (infact, I could point out all the photos on the satellite photo to give car locations ;D), he's currently filling another paddock further west of there. Most the stuff in his initial yard is 2 or 3 cars high. I would love to just scour it, there's millions of dollars of untapped parts in there, no doubt. I've been through a little of it just following him when I asked for parts from a randomly chosen car "Oh, I thought I saw the roofline of one in there *point*" hahaha ;D |
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983
Sunny: 1982
450SLC: 1973
Navara: 1992
Gloria: 1992
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mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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The "Mecca" of down under Wrecking yards has to this place,I first went there in 1965.....( god, was it that long ago..  ) to buy some 18" tires for my fathers Chev Coupe. www.horopitomotors.co.nz/ |
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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And I thought bells was big..........
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What an great yard. It looks like what you might have seen in the UK some 20 years back. There was a yard in Cobham in Surrey which had fairly similar material. It was cleared some 5 years back for housing - the story was that they were all stolen cars, and the police requested that the cars had to kept complete, but you were allowed to remove parts.
Luckily I took hundreds of snaps, because I get a serious amount of horn in such places.
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Ya just cant wander round scrap yards like you used too.
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mercmad; I actually compared Horopito (famous for a few NZ films) using Google Earth to Preston St, They're similar in size although it must be said that Horopito definately had a wider selection of older cars. A bunch of guys from oldschool.co.nz have recently done a trip to Horopito and have a few pictures, there's definately some class stuff there, most of it completely ruined, but class none the less.
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983
Sunny: 1982
450SLC: 1973
Navara: 1992
Gloria: 1992
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;D
He also has several large dogs as well as an electrified and alarmed fence.
) to buy some 18" tires for my fathers Chev Coupe.
