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 Menangler
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 07:46 PM |
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I love wrecking yard pics like this!
Check it out dudes.
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 07:50 PM |
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yeah i wish it was my yard!!!
so Dave where is this pic from?
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Menangler
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 07:54 PM |
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http://www.chrisvolkswagen.com/
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 07:58 PM |
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looks like andrew dodds place !!
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 07:59 PM |
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Site
The rest of the site doesn't look too bad either. Pity their catalogue isn't up yet 
'Ah, whatever................'
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 vw54
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:06 PM |
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Wish i had a storage shed like that
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:20 PM |
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Love how it is under cover,
Shame to lose it from size rule......
Regards,Glenn>
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:23 PM |
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I'd love it at my place but it would always remind me that I dont have enough time ......
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:30 PM |
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Here's some shots from the Cooma wrecking yard.
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helbus
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helbus
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helbus
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helbus
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helbus
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:32 PM |
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:34 PM |
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thats a lot sader Peter, "the final stage where they return to soil"
Hey but dont we all?
Regards,Glenn>
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helbus
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 08:34 PM |
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Not as good a condition as the other yard, but very interesting.
I like to look at them and think back to when they were new off the showroom floor. How happy were the new owners?
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 09:12 PM |
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Nice pics Peter, are these all in the one yard? Cooma? Refresh my memory where that would be then... |
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oh these pics hurt!!!!!
Drink and drive your a bloody idiot!!! make it home you'r a legend !!!!
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 09:48 PM |
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you guys get the pics through on the first post?? nothing on the yard pic, oh the broncos ahead gotta go
:bounce:bounce:bounce
Drink and drive your a bloody idiot!!! make it home you'r a legend !!!!
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| posted on April 25th, 2003 at 10:44 PM |
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ive looked at the chrisvolks place b4 but i think most things in the scrapping yard are well sorted and sold, i emailed them but cant remember if i
ever got a response ???
anyway............
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 07:29 AM |
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Breaks my heart to see that many just sitting there waiting someone to come along and take them home!
Sorta like a dog shelter, maybe they could call the business the RSPCVW.
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 09:01 AM |
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Hellbus
How old are those pics of Cooma...
I went in there around 1976 or so.. last time and there were heaps of cars good cond still.
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 12:40 PM |
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The pics at Cooma (Flynns Wrecking Yard) were taken September 2002.
It is South of Canberra (Peter Harvey - Canbraaaaaaa).
It seems that most of the vehicles were put there when they were not very old, up to ten years maybe.
All the older stuff is stripped of mechanicals, but as you can see the door on the Beetle is very good.
There would have been 25-30 Beetles and 15 Kombis. All the hard to get bits are gone now. They are getting only to be good for rust panels.
A must visit if in the area, as it would be the most complete collection of Australian motoring history around. With thousands of cars from
1920's to 2002 it is amazing.
The condition of the cars is good too, as it is very dry air up there. The chrome is still good, and the paint even though it burns off the cars from
the sun, the metal only gets a thin surface rust and then seems to stop, as though the rust is the new paint for the car.
Perfect place to find a Rat Rod.
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 01:56 PM |
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number plates
Are the number plates from OZ?can't see if the cars are left hand drive so maybe not even in australia.
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 05:01 PM |
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yeah thanks Hellbus they were like that in 1976 or so as well.
You could certainly spend a few days in there.
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 05:57 PM |
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I tried to buy a side window for my kombi from the place in Cooma about 4 years ago, but he was asking some ridiculous money for it (about $150 from
memory). I got one for a lot less locally.
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 06:27 PM |
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When I went there I didn't go with the intention of buying anything, I was only looking and collecting ol Holden vehicle ID plate info.
A friend of mine who has been there a few times, and who has gotten some old Holden parts, told me the prices, and realistically, they were probably
above average also.
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| posted on April 26th, 2003 at 07:40 PM |
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I spent a day in the Cooma wreckers yard in early Feburary ? this year. I was down for the weekend at Perisher for a working party on the club Ski
lodge and we were evacuated because of the bush fires so with time on our hands two of us made the trip to Flynns Wreckers in Cooma I met Wayne the
owners son and heir apparent he is a mate of a guy I work with, anyway after a chat we explained we had a few hours to kill he pointed us in a few
directions and he let us loose in the yards.
Man this is a huge yard, we had water bottles and a packed lunch (not joking) we spent 4 hours there and that was not enough .Wayne said the Biggest
in the Southern hemisphere and its 65 years old most of the wrecks were local and thier condition is amazing there are some chasis with 1 meter
eucatypts growing in them , all sort not many kombies only splits maybey one or two bays , the photos are a pretty acurate display of them .there was
one 11 window which was a reasonable resto but all were fully stripped and wayne seems to know the worth of all he valued the good split at $1500 .He
has a fair idea as he gets plenty of passing Sydney panelbeaters and car enthusiests on the way to the snowfields droping in. As for beetles there
were a few panels but no bits really same for type 3 s although I scored a set of notchback popouts. This is not a treasure trove Sydney Skiers pass
it on the way to the snow in thier thousands every year. It is however a fascinating museum of automobilia that has been uncanilly preserved mainly
thanks to the very low rainfal and lack of leaf fall from overhead foilage.
If you get a chance go there , a weekend at the Royal in Cooma (pub) Saturday at the wreckers and golf with Wayne at the Royal Cooma (Golf course) on
Sunday . A great weekend away from the misses.
Mitchell .:beer
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| posted on April 27th, 2003 at 02:17 PM |
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There is a guy just outside of Romsey in Victoria with a few buses and around 20-25 beetles and type III's. He might have some good parts.
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