There are a lot of cars still like that still on private property well away from the road in central Australia.
The cattle station I lived/worked at on the Lasseter Hwy in 2002-3 had the wreck removal contract for the local area with NT Roads, plus also being a bit of a tourist stopover in its own right many cars over the many many years the place has been running have gotten there never to move again. Some of these places have vehicle bone yards that would out do many city wrecking yards for volume and variety. Gaining access can be difficult as many land owners have been "burnt" by some people previously. All you can do is ask!
One of my wife's ex-workmates from Kittle's in Alice looks after the NT Govt vehicles fleet and is regularly out and about around the Pitt Lands (Pitjantjatjara land across the top of SA/bottom of the NT) and he regularly finds real gems out there that other folks without that access to aboriginal land would never find. He's a Val/Chrysler nut and that has served him well for his spare time activity in his massive shed at home in Alice.
Used to love Finke weekend!
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