Hi guys. Ross and I went down to the Horopito wreakers, this is where they filmed Smash Palace.
They had 10 Avengers there plus heaps of lights etc. We got a whole bunch of spares but there is still plenty more parts left.
It is well worth the trip. We spent a few hours there but you could easily spend the whole day there. We only saw a fraction of the cars there and once we found the Avenger section we were stuck there climbing in and out of the wreaks looking for bits and pieces. Heaps of fun, we even spotted a rare Avenger "Van", you can tell it is a Van by the lack of rear window winders or door handles and the fixed glass. It is the first time I have ever seen an Avenger Van.
Here are some pictures. Some Avengers and some other random stuff.
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BEETLE!!!!!!!!!!! NEED GEARRBOXXXXX
A bunch of us from oldschool.co.nz are planning a trip back to Horopito in a couple of weeks. You should tag along. See if you can find a good beetle gearbox.
http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=27397
Went back to Horopito and spotted another Avenger wagon and a poverty spec late model cluster. Never seen one of those before, maybe it's from the Avenger "Van" they have there.
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Poverty spec
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Normal spec
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did you end up getting the cut for the quad headlights Richard?
They never got back to me and the weather was crap on the way back so I didn't bother calling in. I will give them a ring this week and see what they want for it.
ah yep. its a shame that they are prety ho hum about everything. They say its a wreckers but dont want to sell anything......KK grabbed a parcel tray out of the bx that was there, and the lady said that he had to put it back because the car was too complete so they didnt want to sell anything from it. I put my money on going back in a year or 2 and it will be in a sad state
Yeah I asked about a few other bits and bobs and she was the same, saying she would have to go out and look at it first to see if it was for sale.
when u guys gunna head down?
Quote from: avenga on June 01, 2011, 01:15:33 PM
A bunch of us from oldschool.co.nz are planning a trip back to Horopito in a couple of weeks. You should tag along. See if you can find a good beetle gearbox.
http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=27397
the pic's you see are from the weekend just been Customer 91
they just did a NZ top model shoot at smash palace. saw no avengers, lots of beetles
rude
When we were down there the locals told us someone was doing some filming out at smash palace.
Damn man if I had of known it was models I so would have stalked them :P
lol thyre all like 16
oh ok, I retract that last statement then.
Never seen the show aye.
i dont think they let anyone over 22 on there lol
OMG! If The visitor can send me the bumper overrider rubber part would be much appreciated. I'm happy to pay cost or cost plus. Thanks
Next time I am down that way I will see if they are still there. It's about a 9 hour round trip to the scrapyard but I go past there sometimes if I am going to the South Island.
They are kinda neat & I was going "fight you for them" but yeah not my style, like them wthout
user is from Sri Lanka btw there Rich!
Quote from: JoKer on September 20, 2018, 11:35:17 AM
user is from Sri Lanka btw there Rich!
Yeah, I know :) it wouldn't be too expensive to ship over just the over runners and he said he would pay for shipping. It's not like he would be able to find one in his home country :) :) :)
Quote from: avenga on September 20, 2018, 12:05:52 AM
Next time I am down that way I will see if they are still there. It's about a 9 hour round trip to the scrapyard but I go past there sometimes if I am going to the South Island.
Thanks a lot friend. I wish I will be lucky to have it. waiting for your valuable help.