WRECKING YARD CLOSED SINCE 1995 , ABANDONED CLASSIC CARS EVERYWHERE IN A JUNGLE LIKE YARD.
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2024
- ABANDONED JUNK YARD THAT WAS CLOSED IN 1995 , OVER GROWN WITH TREES AND VINES BUT THERE IS ALL TYPES OF CLASSIC STILL LEFT TO ROT AWAY INCLUDING HOLDENS . EJ EH HT HG HQ HJ . TORANAS AND COMMODORES , FORDS . XW XY XB XC ESCORTS CORTINAS AND LETS NOT FORGET HEAPS OF LEYLAND MINI'S PLUS A MOPAR VALIANT CHARGER .
ITS A COASTAL YARD SO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR LOTS OF RUST BUT STILL GREAT PARTS IN THERE TO SEE AND MAYBE SAVE, NO WILL IT RUN IN THIS EPISODE BUT WE HAVE RESCUES AND REVIVALS COMING SOON .
Welcome back people . This one in a funny way makes me sad. Lots of parts still in there but bodies are rotted away .
Backshed.net.au Talk to ya’s soon in the comments.
Why not get the boys together and salvage all these parts. They would be worth a fortune. I am sure you and the owner could come to some arrangement. Its abandoned anyway just rusting away.
The sadest thing is these cars were probably collected and stored when they weren't worth much to anyone.
Now knowing how valuable some of these cars are worth in reasonable, even average condition, makes it even harder to see the decay and state they're in.
Awesome video, though Mick, once again.
Keep up the great work🍻
Cheers mate yeah hard too look at really🍺🍺👍
Love a good yard walk. I always piece cars together in my mind. Thanks
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Thanks for watching stateside mate 🍺👍🇦🇺🇺🇸
Honestly I find it disappointing that folks choose this hoard this stuff until its virtually worthless while we car enthusiasts are out there forced to buy repo rubbish...pretty sad really.
Thanks Mick Always look forward to your honest content.
Cheers
Trev
Yep it made me sad trev🍺🍺
Probably not the best comment to make without knowing the circumstances behind family and government politics, after my Grandfather passed. Also, local council and the epa shut the yard down permanently due to re zoning of the land, that battle still continues to this day. Some of these cars have sentimental value, and have become victims of time.
@@johnkonig3715 thats a shit go bro. Stupid epa have not done the environment any favours for the property by looks of it
@@johnkonig3715 ... I realise what you're saying, John. Best wishes to you and your family ...
I never expected to see a Triumph Dolomite in a Jungle but so many classics & like you say Mick, plenty of spare parts-great find mate 👍👍👍
100% mate 🍺🍺👍
at 42,41 was that a mini moke , so many old cars i have had in the past . mk2 escorts and old british leyland . this was like a wake for all the old cars we knew , old friends . you are doing a brill job in how you have built up your lovely fleet . heres to the old ones that didnt make it , get rescued .
Well said mate , some dont make it . So many cars and so many memories for people . 🍺🍺👍
I really liked the video Mick, but at the same time it makes me sad. You’re 100% right though, that XB GT bonnet and wheel in ‘95 might have been worth $100 and not the $2500 they are now. I remember buying several from the Trading Post just to have them.
What really hits me though is that at one time, all those cars were brand new. Some would have been someone’s absolute pride and joy but because the repair costs 30 years ago outweighed the value of the car, those old cars have been left to rot.
Yep your right mate , id just like them to start at the front and remove 1 at a time and list parts but i got like that for a reason mate👍🍺
They have been left to rot and as sad as that is most wrecking yards looked like that in the early/mid 90s except they then crushed the cars that were no longer deemed to have many valuable parts.
@@ruffenuff9017 very true. They were worth more crushed and recycled.
Many Modern Cars made today, seem to end-up in Scrapyards prematurely, due to electronic failures and other complexities, that make them Beyond Economical Repair. That's why I have driven a 1971 Beetle (now a Tesla-powered EV) for the last 20 years. I lost faith in modern cars, as the plastic engine parts fail, and other issues that fail - all at the same time.
Whilst I am in awe of your skills with linseed oil, scouring pads and pressure washers, even your greatness would not revive any of those vehicles.
Yeah there are gone really arent they🍺🍺👍
Glad you did this trip so we don’t have to, watching this felt like walking over an unmarked graveyard of Australian car history. I’m sure cars have souls. At least old ones.
Well put mate , made me sad🍺🍺👍
I reckon you're right about cars having souls. They're happiest out on the open road, but they can certainly get cranky too! "-)
Plenty of bespoke parts, grills and glass in that yard worth a lot of dollars to restorers and collectors. Would it be worth clearing the yard one car at a time and cataloging the parts for sale. Great video to play a drinking game naming the makes and models. 😎
Id love to play that game mate hahahha
Your right about the cleaning it out 1 car at a time and i have suggested it bit i guess its up to the owner to start.🍺🍺👍
Should probably look up the word Bespoke mate.
Bespoke means an item made for a certain person…so if some one has a xw falcon that needs a tailight and some one else has the part he needs and the owner of the part doesn’t need it….you figure the rest out mate
Yeah ok 👍👍🍺
@@bencostanzo2062 thanks i think?? He was just sayin
Hey there mate. Love the channel and what you do to restore the classic cars. I love seeing the older Fords and Holdens get a second chance at life and seeing cars in junkyards get restored and put back on the road. Keep doing what you are doing. You may inspire people to do the same.
If you ever plan a trip across the pond to New Zealand, I highly recommend Horopito Motors. It's a wreckers yard in the North Island which was used for a couple of kiwi movies (Goodbye Pork Pie (chase scene) and Smash Palace). Theres heaps of older cars and some newer ones too. Anyway cheers mate.
Cheers mate🍺🍺👍
Hi Mick, great vid mate, shame to see so many cars rotted. But that's wrecking yards and coastal life forgotten too long. Keep up the great work.
Cheers jas🍺🍺👍
That's one sad graveyard, 😢 lot's of awesome car's and van's, I like the Ford Escort Panel Van's, thanks for showing us around, all the best to you and your loved ones
Thanks for coming back again Donald🍺🍺👍
Really quite heartbreaking to see all these classic Aussies just rotting away like that. But what an absolute Gold-mine of rare parts; and there’s gotta be market place for all that good glass too! Great vid Mick👍🍻
Cheers mate🍺🍺👍
This was very interesting but tough to watch especially the Charger, but there’s still some great hard to find parts at that place. Thanks for sharing Mick. 🍺
There is mate but someone with a lot of time needs to help put stuff on the net for them🍺🍺👍
@@backshed5295 thanks for a safe but fantastic video mate, amazing how the plastic has held out it must in an area ov humidity as in dry environment the plastic degrades quick, bet there's loads of trim clips and that kind of stuff worth having maybe original rubbers as well. Thanks for showing, I also remembered the gear box cross member, hard not to as always happy to bolt it back on after been on ya back with box on chest changing it or clutch
Still plenty of good parts there, many rusty relics, a pickers dream maybe. Great vid
Cheers mate i appreciate ya saying 🍺🍺👍
Mick, the Tarzan of Aussie wrecking yards. Great vid.
Hahhhaha maybe it was a jungle 🍺🍺👍
It's a crying shame to see all these classics rusting away. Breaks my heart. 😪
Sure is mate🍺🍺👍
So sad to see so many models I grew up with as a kid just wasting away. They were someone’s pride and joy at some stage. Just shows what rainfall and humidity can do in 30 to 40 yrs. Noticed a lack of Japanese cars from that era. Wrecking yards won’t look like this in 40 yrs. Too many different brands and models now compared with the main three back then.
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That’s my uncle’s yard. Used to be run by my Grandfather, after his passing the yard was locked up as the cars were considered rubbish.
Hey John yep i was told exactly that for your uncle mate he was kind enough to let us go through there , if you are clued up with marketplace /gumtree and postage maybe you could help him out with listing abit of the awesome odds and ends in there ? I reckon thats what he needs to sell some good stuff is a little internet help from ya 🍺🍺👍
@@backshed5295 hey Mick, he is often in contact with me regarding pricing of parts. He does attend a fair few swap meets, but I think he’d do better on eBay.
Hey mate, thanks heaps for the video, I love looking around old wrecking yards 👍🏼😎
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This video made me yearn for the 90's when these cars were everywhere and cheap!
🍺👍i hear ya mate
That “thing” at around 32.00 were used in most of the larger timber hardware companies back in the fifties and later and were used to transport large packs of timber and other outsize products where the driver had a cab on the roof and operated it like a car and each wheel was driven by a large chain, I first saw one being used as a little kid in the late fifties early sixties at Sussex timber in Gaffney street Coburg here in Melbourne and I was mesmerised by what it could do, they would just drive over the top of the timber pack, hoist it off the ground a few feet and transport it to wherever around the yard, they were quite a common thing at large timber yards and shipping docks
An amazing adventure by the looks of it Mick. Glad you didn’t find any snakes 🐍 great video
Hahah yeah im kinda glad too 🍺🍺👍
Relaxing listening to all the Birds!
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Reminded me of the day Gold Coast Wreckers (Pink FX on Verandah) had an open day back 2014 i think. Cars completely rusted out but plenty of useable trim pieces. Complete cars left rot into the ground. Was such a shame to see.
Yeah i hear ya mate , it was hard for me as a guy that hates waste to look at all that was there 🍺🍺👍
It’s such a shame these cars are so far gone there would have been some great restos in that lot. Another great video Mick.
Cheers mate , yeah massive shame 🍺🍺👍
Owner of wrecking yard: “I know what i’ve got”
Me: “You mean had”😢
Yep nailed it . 🍺👍
Typical old school wreckers. "Go and grab what you need and come back to the office mate" I used to enjoy wandering around them back in the day. Cheers.
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There would be a lot of value in it for the owners pulling the grills,trims and windows for sale to people doing resto's.The homemade hoist was a great bit of bush mechanics.
It was crazy ! Hahahah🍺👍
I never knew a car could rust that much and I've owned some rusty cars! Great vid, I think your're awesome, cheers from the usa!
Thanks mate i appreciate ya saying and of coarse watching too🍺🍺👍
Just sad. I am going out to the shed to sit and admire our HT and XB for a while.
Haha yep thats the go🍺🍺👍
Cool look into the past even if it is a mess of weeds and rust. Out my way west of Taree these cars would just be dirty with faded paint and surface rust
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Well…. That brought back some memories of the old days, thanks Michael 👍🏻
Cheers mate🍺👍
Mick super vid. i really like your vids, I hang out for them. But this one was heart! breaking and distressing, I could of cried. Made me really sad the way our car history got trashed and forgotten. Reminds me of other vids of USA farms full of auto stuff trashed and abandon then the old guy dies and the kids or mates make a vid to sell stuff off, most of it badly rusted etc, Sad so sad. Again love you stuff keep at it cheers
Very sad to see mate🍺🍺
Bloody awesome Mick wot a waste of the old school cars mate ,and all those minis geezus worth gold here in NZ , bring on your next adventure bud so enjoy , cheers , shaneo, Nelson, NZ, 👍🍺🍺
Cheers shaneo 🍺🍺👍
Bloody hell what a shame. Great walk thru Mick.
Cheers mate yeah such a shame🍺👍
Wow amazing how the salt air has killed all the cars. Can't believe how much rust.... And how mother nature is trying to take it all back. Great to see you back from Christmas. keep up the good video work. Great youtube channel. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks George i appreciate you saying mate 🍺🍺🍺👍
Mick, your "some sort of Morris" at about 18 mins was a Wolseley I think.
Absolutely a fantastic adventure, a Disney land for an old car enthusiast, but nothing there that a bit of "cut and polish" wouldn't fix. Great stuff but sad to see them "all return to the earth".
Very sad mate
Yeah i wish i could have got closer to the one it was probably the best car there🍺🍺👍
@@backshed5295 A Wolseley 6/80 by the looks. Much better steel that the Holdens and Fords and a heavy car as a result. Top centre of the grill would have been the Wolseley badge, which all Wolseleys has since the 20's. These grill badges lit up and the company marketed them as the car with its name up in lights. Thanks for the video Mick. Always enjoy them.
Great Video, a lot of Brit cars, the white Triumph (at 1.55) used to be a 2.0 liter Dolomite Sprint with 16-valve aluminium cylinder head, and overdrive on both 3rd and 4th gears (giving 6 six gears in total), between 50 and 120 mph they could leave most other makes of cars behind, including Porsche's and Ferrari's😃👍.
Cheers Matt i know nothing about them at all mate , sad to see any of them like that🍺👍
Matt... the lock up converter isn't 2 extra gears. It's still a 4 speed.💯
Victor.. the Sprint electrical Overdrive's (OD) in 3rd and 4th are higher ratios than their respective straight 3rd & 4th Mechanical gears, the trick is fast gear changing from elec OD in 3rd to Mechanical 4th gear, it takes some practice, at least it did on my Sprint. Thanks.@@victorpeirce4753
Glass. Grills. Lights. The odd hubcap. Not much else left here. Cars don't rust like that where I live, but these ones are cooked. Thanks for taking us round. Sad to watch.
Very sad mate and yep the little bits are all thats savable🍺🍺👍
What a cool old yard, as sad as it is still some noce memorabilia, im still hunting the escort console you picked up for my project
The trims on the escorts were all still ok ish🍺🍺👍
Great video I loved it thanks.😊😊😊
Cheers mate thanks 🍺🍺👍
Happy new year awesome video thanks.
Cheers mate , hope you have a great year also🍺🍺👍
Interesting and fascinating. The bicycle was the only salvagable vehicle. The rest was merely a jungle interwoven with rubber, plastic, glass and rusting metal and the odd bit of nob ferrous alloy and some corrugated sheets. For me, the only items which had utility were the corrugated iron sheets because they could still be used to create shelter for humans.
I hear ya mate 🍺🍺🍺
while i love my old fords and holdens i grew up with and love my minis and mini mokes, awesome vid.
Cheers mate made me sad doing it but loved looking through🍺🍺👍
Hope you had your Tetnis shots, those rusty edges looked real dangerous. Thanks for making the effort still a very Interesting video.
Cheere mate yeah it was pretty full on walk through🍺🍺👍
As Mick said, most of these cars actually were bought or collected in a time when retrieval cost more than the car was worth. It was a family owned wrecking yard for many years, until my Grandfather passed away. A combination of family members, local council and the epa forced the business to close permanently. We’ve managed some successful trade weekends over the years, opening up to car clubs etc, but being in a coastal environment, time is our enemy. My Uncle is still sourcing useful parts to be sold at local swap meets when he can, but the property has also fallen victim to theft and vandalism since its closure.
100% mate , contact me through fb or instagram backshedmick if you’d like too yarn maore mate🍺🍺👍
Still some good bits in there Mick, I would grab that premier centre facia for my Ute 😉👍
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Aussie history going back into the earth 🌍 Evolution of the good old days into the plastic toy car days
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WOW car parts really do grow on trees!.
Haha yep🍺👍
Buying the yard could be a small gold mine, looks like a lot of the part's could be really hard to find lol even with a little patina look to it 😊
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A great reminder of how much I *hate* lantana.
Hahha it was hell hahah🍺👍
I know a guy here in Sydney that has 2 sandmans a FJ ute and various other gems just rotting away in his yard....
We all know someone like that mate , does he want them fixed ? 🍺🍺👍
You a braver man than me.. All those Aussie poisenous snakes.. No thanks. You need a fork lift. Pull one by one. Pull good parts a crush the rest. And three months.. Glass always needed. . Have a good day mate. Cheers for video.. Looking from Greece..
Cheers mate 🍺🍺👍
That was awesome and sad at the same time. But you are right they just have the value in the 80s and 90s. My favorites were the GT mini at 33 33 and the chopper bike ! 😅
Yeah bit sad 🍺🍺👍
Great video mate this was amazing to see 👍
Thanks mate 🍺👍
The Xb tail lights that flashed bye were mint
Still alot of good bits there mate just no panels , all rusted 🍺🍺👍
France watching now, those undamaged door glass and screen pieces, are about the most interesting finds, no wonder you mention them so often, did you say an Escort Van, I used to sell Fords in Oz, I can't recall them?
Yep there was 2 escort panel vans , i actually owned an escort van for a short while in 2004 . 🍺🍺👍
Very sad , seeing them all rotting away , still good parts there , keep up the good vids , 🍺🍺🍺👍👌
Cheers paul , yep quite sad mate🍺🍺👍
Hi Mick. Yep, truly a sad one, that. In some ways, it's like walking through a graveyard as you said, but to me it is almost like they dug all the bodies up. You sort-of want to look at them out of morbid fascination, but largely you just want to look away.
On a more positive note, there is certainly a lot of trim and glass and such that - if the bloke was keen enough - could make him a small mint. I reckon there would be a lot of takers out there for some of the stuff you unearthed or that is indeed still in the cars and a fair bit was still worth saving from the scrappy.
It's been a long time since I saw that many roofs of cars rotted to the extent that they fell inside or where the car itself snaps in half at the firewall. Thought New Zealand had the monopoly on that one in this part of the world, but obviously not! Thanks for taking us along ,mate. It was certainly a bit of fun in the guessing what you'd found before you said it. Some were definitely a bit of a challenge, but that one past the bees that you first called a Morris is actually a Wolseley 4/50 or 6/80 from the late 40s / early 50s. They look like a big Morris Minor and are basically the Morris Oxford of the period with a different nose. Pretty rare now. That bloke loved his Minis, eh? And that big mobile multi-storey gantry / scaffold contraption he built - what on earth would it be used for?? Did he tell you?
Funny thing though, I've seen channels where blokes in the UK have found the likes of the Triumph Dolomite Sprint you found (another VERY rare car and somewhat of a collector's item) or a Mini in the condition on the video and have set about reclaiming them and rebuilding them from the ground up. In the case of the Mini, all parts are still readily available in the UK - including every panel to make a compete shell....but what original parts would still be useable? Not an awful lot, I'm picking.
Anyway, I've written a book again, so I will sign off! All the best, mate.
Hahah yep but i read them everytime mate🍺🍺👍
My heart aches lots of parts out there, people just can't find ,always had a soft spot for the minis awesome little cars sad to see them rotting away out there, takes me back to when i was 15 cruising around in my $150 850cc mini
Yep there is a lot of small pieces you cant find and they are all right there but nothing getting done , does make me a little sad🍺👍
mother nature is slowly reclaiming everything back
Yep and shes almost done hahhahah🍺🍺👍
Tonnes of great parts in there mate,bloody get jungle fever staying in there too long!
Imagine how long to clean that out.All the cars are rooted!!
100% stuffed mate . Itll never get cleaned out unless the property is sold im guessing🤷🏼♂️🍺👍
Loved it mick, lot of money lying around there mate.
Yeah mate , unfortunately i think thats where it will stay🍺🍺👍
Loved your video would like to walk that my self. 😢
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First bonnet (sitting on the TA Torana) is off Centura
Yeah ya nailed it mate thats what the owner said it was for 🍺🍺👍
Those mini/ BMC wiper assemblies are worth a lot in the hot rodding world. Especially the 2 speed units.. $300 plus. Worth the effort to remove them.
There was heaps there worth saving mate 🍺🍺👍
Hard to imagine that all these cars once sat on a showroom floor.
I agree 🍺🍺👍
I feel sorry for the family left behind who have to clear this place out should anything happen to the owner. There ain't any winners here.
Massive job to clean it out properly and save bits 🍺🍺👍
I would love to get some of those parts for my minis! But honestly its very sad that all those vehicles went to waste!
Message me through fb or instagram mate i can put you in contact🍺🍺👍 backshedmick
Wow.. what a graveyard for so many classics.
I'd be too scared of any snakes to go that deep in there 😅
I try not to over think it mate . 🍺🍺👍
How sad was that, I think I would have shed a tear is you found the rusted away skeleton of an XA XB XC Coupe.
Me too mate , the charger was bad enough🍺👍
Thats awesome thank you
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Now this is Gold prospecting 🍻👍
Hahha yeah sifting through the junk to find the tiny bits of gold 🍺🍺👍
@@backshed5295 There’s a lot of irreplaceable glass windows there which can be reused 🍺🍺👍
Yep , because it was so overgrown no one has got in the and broken everything 🍺🍺👍
35:25 - orange rear guard and front guard from a Type 3 VW, then a White bonnet from one as well. 25 years ago we didn't even consider we'd want most of what was in this yard.
100% right mate 🍺🍺👍
Great vid as usual definitely a lot of good bits still there I really want to take my charger or my xb ute for a drive to outback pubs I’m thinking maybe the ute because I could also put my 74 tm400 in the back or my 75 Bultaco pursang there’s still a lot of cool old stuff about just got to talk to the right people.
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Always find it sad these cars where loved long ago and then something new came along, they send it to scrap and a thing someone once looked after is now left to rot.
Sure there is still some good parts left but still sad to see them rusting away into nothing.
The result of consumerism I guess.
Very sad mate🍺🍺
Great video Mick. Can you fit a six into a TA Torana? That would be awesome, cheers
Not sure mate that nose is pretty short on them🍺🍺👍
Brings back memories, I bought a xb gs that was a trade in from the ford dealership in Dalby, 1978. The horn was activated by pressing anywhere on a rubberised ring on the inner part of the steering wheel. It was pretty well fucked at three years old.
Hahhaha yep the rim blow set up on the wheel 👍👍🍺🍺
It brings tears to my eyes Mick.😥😥😥
Mine too mate it was hard to look at 🍺🍺👍
Brilliant! Thanks.
PS. In response to another comment below (above?): This video on its own makes for a pretty good "catalogue"! I wonder how many parts enquiries you'll get from this alone...
Yeah ive had plenty of comments on parts in there but unfortunately not my place to do anything with them its all up to the owners 🍺🍺👍
Absolute treasure of a abandon junk yard. Truly so sad to see those vehicles just left to rot. It would be a massive clean up to salvage any decent parts for resale. Great video, Mick....
Yep now a huge job🍺🍺👍
That's a bloody shame, so many wasted cars that could've & should've been used to rescue other cars. At least the good bits should be salvaged before they go to the dogs too. Cheers.
100% agreed🍺🍺👍
Great video
Cheers mate🍺🍺👍
Ah love these vids . I could spend hours there 👌👌
Yeah we did and i probably missed more 🍺🍺👍
Yes a different video. Worth capturing it and sharing though. Vey rusty cars but as you said glass, trim and other parts worth saving but who will do it. sorting through that jungle would be a task in it's self.
Mate it was different🍺🍺👍
Sad !!!!! but keep up the great content
Very sad mate , cheers heaps more coming mate🍺👍
So sad seeing this but as always love the content 🤙👌
It was a little sad mate🍺🍺👍
We need to see more long roofs on the channel haha👌🍻
As Deryn Hinch would say: shame shame shame!!
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the rusty relics remind me of that old T shirt " on a clear day you can hear the Holdens Rusting..."
I see VW beetle and type 3 parts....😎😎
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Brought tears to my eyes seeing all those once beautiful cars reduced to almost completely unsalvageable wrecks 😢
I know mate , i promise ill make it up to you soon by saving something cool 🍺👍
@@backshed5295 Thanks Mick. Can;t wait. Love your work
I appreciate ya saying 🍺👍
Goldmine in that vehicle HK HG HT stuff .... very overgrown Mick
Terribly overgrown , very sad really 🍺🍺👍
Wow just wow😊
Yep i hear ya 🍺🍺👍
XC was the same colour as my old Fairmont GXL. Not a bad car for its time even though it was only a 6.
Good cars really 🍺🍺👍 nothin wrong with a falcon 6💪🍺
Great vid, would love one of those old push button radios for my valiant.
There was heaps of little parts that would be of use to someone somewhere mate it was a little sad really🍺🍺👍👍
@backshed5295 yeah it's the little items, like a period radio id like, ( vg pacer with 70s mods like my dad would have made)
but, local to me, an old school wrecker is closing his doors.
Classic Oz wreck, if you or anyone wants some old Holden stuff. He wants out by June this year.
Ill look it up
Yeah just jumped on his facebook , ill save his number . Not expensive at all
I wish you lived closer. I love some sort of help doing a 5 L conversion. You could’ve helped a blind person out and make some
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Mother Nature is so Beautiful 🍻
Hahahha 🍺🍺👍
Lot of Arsenic leaching into the ground here , scrap them all and move along 😅
Id try keep the glass and chrome but the bodies are shot 👍🍺
Interesting place. All the parts going to waste. Parts for old cars are getting hard to come by
100% mate🍺🍺👍