Went for a drive to Horopito Motors

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thomos60
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Went for a drive to Horopito Motors

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such a small portion of the yard space
such a small portion of the yard space
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G'day,
Last weekend went to Horopito Motors (Smash Palace).
The Father in Law and I, set off heading to Palmerston North for the annual swap meet / hot rod show.
We set off a day early, and spent the full day roaming and digging going through all the wrecks at Smash Palace.
My eyes were on the look out for FB / EK and Tony (F.I.L) was on the look out for any thing FJ.

It was my first time there, I am sure a few on the is Forum has been there before but I thought the place was amazing, and had a great day out. It was overwhelming the amount of stuff there.
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wow - I could easily spend all day in there , don't suppose you took photos of the id plates and subframe numbers ????
When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.


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G'day Blacky,
I felt the same, just stood back and said WOW, WTF, were do I start? have a look on google maps of the shear size of the place, and then google image, its an amazing place, plus there is a lot and I mean a lot of stuff inside.
Next time back from work, I will be definitely going back, its about 2 hours from the house.
I went with the intention of having an easy pick " I will look for this, and look for that" I was so so wrong, it took me about 4 hours just to consume the shear quantity of parts inside, and then we went out side for the rest of the day.
Managed to buy a couple of mementos, got a duel horn set up (high and Low) I rummaged through hundreds of hub caps to pick and nice one, and a square bottle for my windscreen washer (half a pump)
I did feel I needed a tetanus shot after the day, but loved it.
If the place was in Australia, dryer and with Holdens then it would be a paradise.
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the big ash fall from Ruepehu a couple of years back apparently did a lot of damage with accelerating the rust there, I haven't taken a good look in ages.
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