OK, most the cars are still there from this topic-

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/52168-at-the-wreckers-in-orange-jun-2011/

 

but just come in is someone's unfinished project- Nice panels, great chromework, it is blue with coloured metal-flake over it. The black underside of the bonnet suggest it was brand new, and there are two more grilles inside. The wheels are 6.5x15x on the front, I didn't check the rears. Phone Great Western Wreckers if you're after parts, maybe I can help organise.

Also, as I was hunting for 14x6 steelies I wandered over the mag wheel dump and found some 14x6 Cheviots. I don't know what pcd they are, I didn't have a tape, but I assume 113.4 or 100.

 

The 14x6 steel wheel hunt was a waste, anything old and 6" wide is an old 15" or a 5stud anyway, and anything new is an alloy wheel and usually FWD. Pity, I was working on a bit of stealth with dirty silver wheels that no-one would notice.

 

Either I'll try those Cheviots on next time I'm down there, or settle for 14x5.5 steelies.

Well, just as it was filling up nicely...

along came this nasty customising machine!

 

He decided to get rid of 800 cars, not even half what is there! How long before everything left is younger than 1990??

 

maybe we could run a "recognise this car" competition!

I was down there again today and a bit bored, so I watched our taxes that get given to Holden as subsidies getting used...

The wall nearest the camera goes up and over, then the far side comes over the top to really give it some crushing horsepower. Sadly the sun was against me and I couldn't go around the other side.

It becomes an oblong box while the ends get squeezed inwards.

 

..and then it opens up.

..and there we are.. the roads are slightly safer until your Commodore comes back from China as a Great Wall!

 

Sadly all those billions poured into Holden will be wasted as they get swamped and drowned by the realities of the free market and the Govt finally recognises it is just another King Canute! The exchange rate will move a lot of Holden and Ford workers into being Great Wall and Toyota mechanics.

 

Oh- I tried those Cheviots on a KE70 strut and they are Toyota bolt spacings. $120 if anyone wants them.

Edited April 9, 201313 yr by altezzaclub

Yep I'll take the Cheviots! :P Could you bring them to Taree on saturday?

Sure, no sweat- I'll get them tomorrow-

 

For $250 you can get centers for them- lol!

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wanneroo/wheels-tyres-rims/cheviot-centre-caps-nos/1017227688

ouch haha

OK, I got the Cheviots this morning, and while I was poking around I found this pair of ol' school mags too. No make or size cast into them, although I'm pretty sure they're 14x6. They'll be $30 each I expect, he said he's putting most of the 5 pallets of mags on the scrap truck next week, he gets $25 each wheel for scrap.

..and while I was chatting to him he was cleaning out the shelves behind the counter and throwing stacks of altys inside a car to be crushed. He reached over a shelf and tossed this at me, saying Merry Xmas! It had been sitting un-noticed on the shelf for years!

 

So now I have a spare Lynx manifold is anyone is desperate for SU carbs.. although I do have a pair of inch and halfs here and some plans for the next KE70 after the girl takes this one off me!

..and there we are.. the roads are slightly safer until your Commodore comes back from China as a Great Wall!

 

Sadly all those billions poured into Holden will be wasted as they get swamped and drowned by the realities of the free market and the Govt finally recognises it is just another King Canute! The exchange rate will move a lot of Holden and Ford workers into being Great Wall and Toyota mechanics.

 

Oh- I tried those Cheviots on a KE70 strut and they are Toyota bolt spacings. $120 if anyone wants them.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVJFv9GyJg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

how come your wreckers has cool cheap alloys? Mine's just full of commodores and vans... Damn I like those rims too :P Are they 4x114.3?