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Ian Samba Moderator
Joined: August 28, 2002 Posts: 4930 Location: 713
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 6:01 pm Post subject: THE Junkyard from "Get The Gringo" - Mexico - |
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Well, another crap Mel Gibson flick delivers a VW junkyard of epic proportions. This may have been discussed in the "VWs in Film" thread, but I'm trying to pinpoint a specific location and would like to discuss this and possible other similar yards in Mexico.
The movie is set in Tijuana, but is obviously a fictional tale and I don't think any of it was filmed in Tijuana. I'm going to assume they didn't create the junkyard just for the movie
So here is a screen shot from the movie:
By doing a little online research, they list filming locations as:
Brownsville, Texas, USA
San Diego, California, USA
Veracruz, Mexico
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Verazcruz isn't too far from Peubla (where the factory is)....but a little more research found this photo:
Which came from this link: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explorecomp.jsf?xsys=SE&id=1273471
Location is listed as Monterrey, Mexico.
Can anyone confirm this location, or the existence of a junkyard in Veracruz??
Maybe someday I could go visit one of these epic junkyards, but for now pictures are all I have. Thanks for any information you may be able to provide!!! _________________ All your Buses are belong to us.
Love and good roads!
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Erik G Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2002 Posts: 13271 Location: Tejas!
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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PM Sent lol. I hate it when people do that |
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Antonio Trejo VW Parts Dealer
Joined: December 17, 2003 Posts: 937 Location: Mexico City
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wbrown45 Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: ada, ok
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Oh well, one man's crap is another man's pretty decent movie. It was a lot more memorable than a lot of this CGI crap crashing onto screens these days.
That bug wrecking yard was cool, and depressing at the same time. To me it means the tapering off of production demand for a lot of parts for ACVW's. _________________ OK Thang |
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Antonio Trejo wrote: |
I found this "private" yunkyard a few months ago, close to Mexico City. The security guards on the main gate told me the cars and parts were not for sale. |
How do you say "hoarder" in spanish? |
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Ian Samba Moderator
Joined: August 28, 2002 Posts: 4930 Location: 713
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Seeing as there is a MK3 Jetta in the first picture (screenshot from movie) it would appear to be an actual working junkyard. _________________ All your Buses are belong to us.
Love and good roads!
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mascrappo Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2012 Posts: 535 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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19.750253,-99.116364 Google Earth, then enter street view. |
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Muthashabubu Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2008 Posts: 444 Location: SW Ohio
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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mascrappo wrote: |
19.750253,-99.116364 Google Earth, then enter street view. |
Only a 30 hour drive from me! |
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mascrappo Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2012 Posts: 535 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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It was very difficult to find this location, found nice forum last year on this very yard and had more pictures, but cannot find again...maybe they pulled it over copyright or who knows?? Was told there is more than one such yard, as recently as last month, by a truck driver returning from Mexico. |
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canes5time Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2008 Posts: 124 Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:29 am Post subject: |
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mascrappo wrote: |
19.750253,-99.116364 Google Earth, then enter street view. |
I did this. There is a man peeing on the other side of the road. Google maps does it again. |
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GERARDO DONNEAUD Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2008 Posts: 23 Location: QUERETARO
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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cseay1 wrote: |
Antonio Trejo wrote: |
I found this "private" yunkyard a few months ago, close to Mexico City. The security guards on the main gate told me the cars and parts were not for sale. |
How do you say "hoarder" in spanish? |
Acumulador= hoarder. |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2661 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: THE Junkyard from "Get The Gringo" - Mexico - |
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We should get every Samba member together, go down there, and storm there place. haha _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
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busman78 Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2004 Posts: 4522 Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: THE Junkyard from "Get The Gringo" - Mexico - |
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Just imagine the "get the gringo" being said by numerous cell mates in Mexico, not a VW part in the world worth that. |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76912 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: THE Junkyard from "Get The Gringo" - Mexico - |
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Looks like Mexico is building it's own wall. _________________ Glenn
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12714 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 5:56 am Post subject: Re: THE Junkyard from "Get The Gringo" - Mexico - |
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jason Samba Member
Joined: August 07, 2002 Posts: 3444 Location: Garage
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 11:52 am Post subject: Re: THE Junkyard from "Get The Gringo" - Mexico - |
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Its all late model crap. It’s probably all smashed by now. They outlawed two door taxi’s, so all the vw’s had to go. |
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