I came (back) from the land down unda
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:05 am
I went to Sydney for work and had plans to find misc parts for my 2011. The way they dispose of cars is a lot different than here. A “wrecker” buys a totaled car, removes all sellable parts, then crushes it for scrap. I did find a couple yards like what we have, but it’s rare.
I was told the wrecker to go to in the Sydney area was Commwreck, so that’s where I went. I bought a battery compartment cover for my trunk and asked about the rear grab handles. The woman at Commwreck said “Oh, you mean ‘Jesus’ handles”. I laughed and asked why they’re called than and she said if you have to grab them you’re likely yelling Jeeesssuuussss! I asked for grey. It was told the only two colors were black and beige. I kinda knew that from posts I’ve read here and took the black ones. Total was about 20usd.
I also went to a couple Holden dealers while there. The first was Wilson’s to look for merchandise and price some parts. The guy there set me up with a couple Calendars and a bag of pens to give out to Holden fans. As mentioned in another post, I went to Sutton’s too. I was told they have the most merch for a dealer, but it was a pretty sad selection. I picked up a simple Holden hat. All the cooler stuff is sold mostly by the race teams or specialty shops out of the Melbourne area via the internet.
Every place I went the people were extremely nice and helpful. There’s a lot of proud, but unhappy Holden fans there. Mad that the rear-wheel V8s are gone. Anyway, I’ll add some pics of misc cars I saw. The white VF w/yellow trim WN was pretty sweet. I saw only one or two WMs and wasn’t able to get pics.
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I was told the wrecker to go to in the Sydney area was Commwreck, so that’s where I went. I bought a battery compartment cover for my trunk and asked about the rear grab handles. The woman at Commwreck said “Oh, you mean ‘Jesus’ handles”. I laughed and asked why they’re called than and she said if you have to grab them you’re likely yelling Jeeesssuuussss! I asked for grey. It was told the only two colors were black and beige. I kinda knew that from posts I’ve read here and took the black ones. Total was about 20usd.
I also went to a couple Holden dealers while there. The first was Wilson’s to look for merchandise and price some parts. The guy there set me up with a couple Calendars and a bag of pens to give out to Holden fans. As mentioned in another post, I went to Sutton’s too. I was told they have the most merch for a dealer, but it was a pretty sad selection. I picked up a simple Holden hat. All the cooler stuff is sold mostly by the race teams or specialty shops out of the Melbourne area via the internet.
Every place I went the people were extremely nice and helpful. There’s a lot of proud, but unhappy Holden fans there. Mad that the rear-wheel V8s are gone. Anyway, I’ll add some pics of misc cars I saw. The white VF w/yellow trim WN was pretty sweet. I saw only one or two WMs and wasn’t able to get pics.
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