Shighte seeing V. scrap NZ .Show n Shine today..

[VWPowered]

awesome pics as always rab, loving the mountains in the background btw i'm moving to yours for a bit that ok

[fotorabia]

awesome pics as always rab, loving the mountains in the background btw i'm moving to yours for a bit that ok

Thats Mt Ruapehu..volcano..erupted after the French nuclear test 1968..and then again..French nuclear test 1995..funny dat..and residency permits will be issued on sole basis that u dont go and live in Auckland or Wellington...our local population is on a negative decline..funny dat..

[myglaren]

 

Always liked these

[Gompo]

Fantastic update!Even the cable car looks a bit shite..Cheers, Greg.

[fotorabia]

Fantastic update!Even the cable car looks a bit shite..Cheers, Greg.

Its a coupe..only 2 passengers..air suspension...two motor bike wheels each side of the river...tiny 5hp motor..and a cable that costs $30k!

[fotorabia]

Ive developed whats called the 1000 yard stare..where i zone off into the landscape in search of a wrecked viewpoint..and then wander off towards the daily destruction of auto-life..grasping grim realities with my camera..

Todays dereliction was..

 

Super Shite in Marton

 

with a S2 XJ6

 

Antipodean Mitsi Galant Estate.

[fotorabia]

Warehouse mates Corona needed a weld so we took the wing off..i used a bike spanner for most of it..

Took it down Heads Rd for a $60 weld..and the nice garage owner had all this..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In lack of a Limo..the bike gang as we were went off into town..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next day off to beach to watch surfers in the rain..spotted these

 

 

 

 

They build these boats on the river..so this was a testing sesh..

Then came home to prep Viva..started on the button after two years silence..with no exhaust system..i blew all eardrums with 100ms!

The new back seat cover!

 

Yesterday we went back to Horopito Motors buy some early 80s Corolla alloys for the Corona..i inspected the purple Austin 1100..its shagged now after a year or more outside..so i aint buying it..

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anybody know what this is?

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So we just need tyres on the new rims and Corona will be looking a lot smarter..

[barrett]

anybody know what this is?

It's an Aero-Willys, 52-55.

[michiel]

Love that Aero-Willys, that W logo is fab. Great update as always!

[fotorabia]

Love that Aero-Willys, that W logo is fab. Great update as always!

There was a big W emblem in the office cabinet for sale which was cool..

[fotorabia]

continuation...plus what we saw when coming home..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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and only a few 100 metres from home..top spot by Nina Cortina..Peugeot 403 and what i think..and hope is a Vanguard 6...we need a spares car..

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[55bloke]

Astonishing!!

[pbottomley]

I is not Viva, I is in disguise

 

[VWPowered]

Solara FTW - amazing pics rab...

 

[Mash]

Amazing, many thanks for your efforts in capturing all these yards on camera Makes me want to get on the next plane out!

[trigger]

I'm amazed by how many english cars there out there in NZ, Some amazing spots there partner!

[fotorabia]

Spots of recent:

J-tin

Phat Holden ute..

Accompanied by nice n sharp Mk2 Tina

This pulled up outside my front door..

Got my eye on this..lunched out Datsun 120Y

Daily driver tho still dont know what it is..

Cool Mk3

My fave local Ford pick up..again..pretty much a daily driver

And average supermarket car park giffermobile..

 

And tomorrow its the annual street drag racing so ill file a separate report on that.

 

Note on Datsun:bloody rego has lapsed on it which effectively makes it worth sod all!..cheap to buy..expensive to re-reg!

[fotorabia]

Since last report I had to quit the Auction cos the boss' missus was an utter bitch..i switched to volunteering at the local Hospice Op-shop where we turn $250000 a year out of junk..and cos im young muscle {43] on the truck and I know my old shite..i select whats good and bad..its awesum...

Last Saturday after a long dormant spell...i had a major Post Traumatic Stress attack...in old talk..i suffer from shell shock..and I had to be ambulanced to Hospital..ive been medication and therapy free with this condition since 1995..i hyperventilated and turned purple and remained semi coherent thru the 2hr episode..

Anyways..its all fine..Viva is nearly fixed haha..and some of you know by now photography is my thing...so heres Whanganui and some fucken cool cars...im riding around on a restored big old 1980s 3spd BMX ..

 

The statue is of John Ballance 19th.C..he was responsible for the confiscation and theft of all the Maori land in the area and he is absolutely hated by the locals.They moved him up to now right outside town hall a decade or so ago he was decapitated....and a CCTV camera is now trained on him..in case hes attacked again..anyway..he was a good backdrop for the bike..

Im friendly with cool young stoner Maori guy who dose the late shift at the local petrol station..its only pumps and shop..theres a 1970s tow truck locked away inside..the garage is unused..and theres another big section of land-shed beside that..busiest intersection in town..

This town of 40000 has a hell of a lot of racing cars...100s..

 

Early summer evening..im still slightly mad..im able to bike-walk into cool as garage..chat with owner and mechanic..take photos and pass spanners....fantastic..its great to see something theres only 2 of in NZ..Chrysler Valiant Coupe...this is cult car..easily worth $40k..

 

Also building a Chrysler Regal Limo Coupe..

 

And they were building this Pre 65 racing Anglia which is one of several i reckon are here in town...good mate of mine has an old faded but lovely example..

 

and off course

a deep purple RX7..got be a rotary in there somewhere..

 

 

This the Durie Hill Tower..a WW1 war memorial that shell shock victims jumped off afterwards..so they built a cage over it..my mates managed to get a sofa..chair and coffee table assembled on top of it..front page headlines..last year..clever and funny...

 

so..im being cured the natural Maori way..haka..and sitting on boats..islands and beaches thanking my lucky stars....tino pai

[504GL]

 

The statue is of John Ballance 19th.C..he was responsible for the confiscation and theft of all the Maori land in the area and he is absolutely hated by the locals.They moved him up to now right outside town hall a decade or so ago he was decapitated....and a CCTV camera is now trained on him..in case hes attacked again..anyway..he was a good backdrop for the bike..

That's pretty disgusting IMHO. You can't imagine them having a statue of PW Botha in Soweto or something. I'm one for forgiving and forgetting but that's just wrong. IMHO of course

[504GL]

Also, have you been to Waiheke Island for some shite spotting? I went there in 2000 for a day or two and there was a lot of interesting shite.

[fotorabia]

Also, have you been to Waiheke Island for some shite spotting? I went there in 2000 for a day or two and there was a lot of interesting shite.

Funny u should say that cos Ive got free use of a bach there my landlord built in the 1980s..before it was millionairesville..that reminds me..i hate Auckland..tho..

[504GL]

Also, have you been to Waiheke Island for some shite spotting? I went there in 2000 for a day or two and there was a lot of interesting shite.

Funny u should say that cos Ive got free use of a bach there my landlord built in the 1980s..before it was millionairesville..that reminds me..i hate Auckland..tho..

Go go go!!!! There are some real hippies there IIRC and they drive some great shite, or at least they did when we went there. I quite liked Auckland though to be fair I wasn't there for that long.

[fotorabia]

On my last failed day of trying to live in Auckland in 2000 where i ended up sleeping ruff for one night in the graveyard beside the motorway..woken by a crashing BMW..i got an offer to live on Waiheke..but to late..i went back to Wellington..and got a 1890s cottage about to be motorwayed over for $40pw..top of Cuba St..now all gone under concrete..

[504GL]

On my last failed day of trying to live in Auckland in 2000 where i ended up sleeping ruff for one night in the graveyard beside the motorway..woken by a crashing BMW..i got an offer to live on Waiheke..but to late..i went back to Wellington..and got a 1890s cottage about to be motorwayed over for $40pw..top of Cuba St..now all gone under concrete..

Wellington's nice, reminds me a lot of Cape Town in South Africa. Waiheke is a funny little place as islands tend to be. Lots of flower power types and a bit backwards. It reminded me a lot of 80's/early 90's Perth as well which was interesting.

 

If you get the chance go to this place in Manukau

 

http://www.extremekarts.co.nz/

 

2 storey karting track with a banked corner

 

[VWPowered]

great pics as always rab..

 

this is stunning

 

[504GL]

great pics as always rab..

 

this is stunning

 

Lots of that sort of stuff in Australia and NZ and in the last 10 years it's become so fashionable to fix them up that it's hard to find cheap ones.

[retrogeezer]

Nice photos as always and loving the old school bmx...looks a bit like a Torker but with a different gusset.

 

Here's mine:

 

[fotorabia]

cheaper for me to stay here and watch stock cars!..ok..last images..

 

someone i must know has bought this..its following me around..

 

And supermarket cool ol Datsun..

 

 

And whilst working at my mates cafe in Marton last week..early morning coffee in sleepy town..my new friend Sally and her Fiat Sedicivalvole {?]2.0..one of only 8 brought into NZ...magnifico shite..shes adores it..and is cultural officer in Council..so very pro-Maori..

[504GL]

 

Cool. I saw more Fiats in NZ in the 2 weeks I was there than I used to see back in Perth outside of car shows of course. Saw my first Coupe in Auckland.

[fotorabia]

Nice photos as always and loving the old school bmx...looks a bit like a Torker but with a different gusset.

 

Here's mine:

 

Partner scored the BMX from an op shop for $5..i stripped it..she rebuilt it cos I live above a ginormous bike repair workshop my good mate Johan operates..good reliable rusty runners for $50..we must have 200 odd bikes in the warehouse downstairs..

 

dat is a facken wicked ride geezer..