Who says swap meets are dead??

[67since67]

With Brian riding shotgun and skeptical expectations I hauled a load to the Monticello IA swap this morning. With realistic pricing and some negotiation I sold more than 2/3 in four hours. Rolling out Ben Franklins like toothpicks.
Saw tags from IL, WI and MN. - Bill W

[Too Many Projects]

With Brian riding shotgun and skeptical expectations I hauled a load to the Monticello IA swap this morning. With realistic pricing and some negotiation I sold more than 2/3 in four hours. Rolling out Ben Franklins like toothpicks.
Saw tags from IL, WI and MN. - Bill W
We don't have as many up here in the Cities as we used to. Not surprised if people are traveling further for these. Some years ago, I was a regular at many of them at the fairgrounds and Hugo. I did attend 1 last fall to try to make some space in the shop, but didn't hit any this year. Just too damned busy after moving 4 yrs ago.

[John Brown]

Only 15 dollars for a swap space? Swappers should have been all over it at that price. Last Iowa swap I went to was 2018 at Greenfield. :burnout:

[chevyman0429]

Went to one early spring about an hour from me that iv never been to place was packed. Walked it then on the way out bumped into and old friend that was just coming in so I decided to walk it with him. Scored a NOS fender for a 69 chevelle for a $100. I ask the guy if it was aftermarket he says im not sure it belongs to a friend of mine. He had it listed for $125. I bought it. Get it home pull it out of the truck I’ll be dam if theres not a GM sticker on the inside

[mnyenko]

Bill my 69 L78 Nova was sold new at K and P Chevrolet in Monticello IA. Always looking for anything from there. Earl

[turbo69bird]

A lot of my buddy’s are back at the swap meets who haven’t gone in years .

[3X24SPD]

Not around here they're not.
New England Dragway swap is the last sunday of every month.

This was from yesterday at Stafford Springs:

[3X24SPD]

I should've grabbed these for the L71- the price was right, and they were originals.
But I love my Hookers- and there is no way I could ever convince myself to pull them off.
That car just sounds so good- so I knew these would just go on the shelf in my shop and sit for the next 20 years...

[JRSully]

I think there is still a percentage of Old School parts sellers who won't, or refuse to, deal with the internet and would rather bring it all to a Swap meet and there are still deals to be had as a result. I love walking the lots, even if I don't buy a single thing

[RPOLS3]

The Jefferson swap meet continues to draw pretty large crowds too. People still looking for original parts rather than the junk reproduction stuff. The demographic doesn't seem to be trending much younger though.......

[Too Many Projects]

The Jefferson swap meet continues to draw pretty large crowds too. People still looking for original parts rather than the junk reproduction stuff. The demographic doesn't seem to be trending much younger though.......
Jefferson is huge. I went a few times 15 years ago. My in-laws lived in Madison and we would go there for weekend. My most ingrained memory was, if the people in the area needed spring rain they could count on a deluge that weekend. Glad I had a 4 wd pickup, as twice, there were cars stuck all over the parking field from small ponds and mud created after we parked.
As for demographic, it's the same with most car shows and swap meets. Same people from the era of muscle cars and we're all getting old. My local Camaro Club hosts some shows for all year and make cars and then the younger genre show up with their rice burners and twin turbo, LS cars.

[chadk]

I was at the Monticello IA swap meet yesterday from southern MN. My son and my dad were with and we all bought stuff. It's a decent swap meet that isn't overrun with the flea market junk that clutters up so many swap meets.
Chad

[Mr70]

You'll get no argument from me,fairground shows will always be on my list.
Morris Il. had their annual car show/swapmeet yesterday & Sat.Weather made many stay away,but I didn't.Some good stuff showed up. :)
Also Peotone Il. annual Oil & Gas swapmeet was yesterday too,as well as the Countryside Il annual vintage Toy show.I made it there & found a nice collection of redline Hot Wheels to buy.
I wish I could've made Peotone too,but these 3 shows were too far apart from each other to attend in the same day.

[John Brown]

I used to go to all of Gary Esse's swap meets as a buyer. Jefferson, Elkhorn, and I recall he even had one or two at Janesville. I still have friends from South Bend that make the trip several times a year to both Jefferson and Elkhorn. We would always buy spaces just to keep from having to carry everything we bought out the gate.

[Mr70]

I used to go to all of Gary Esse's swap meets as a buyer. Jefferson, Elkhorn, and I recall he even had one or two at Janesville.

Me too,and Waukesha,Wis. was once on the Madison Classics list and a GREAT swapmeet/carshow.I miss that one.I found a complete NOS 1970 CD-3 windshield wiper option there once,still regret letting that go today..Some great resources are around Waukesha.

[John Brown]

In Illinois, Santa Fe Speedway and the LaSalle Speedway (and drive in theater :hmmm:) used to be two swap meet that were my 'must go to' list. I LOVE circle car swap meets. You never know what kind of parts those guys are gonna come up with.

[John Brown]

Me too,and Waukesha,Wis. was once on the Madison Classics list and a GREAT swapmeet/carshow.I miss that one.I found a complete NOS 1970 CD-3 windshield wiper option there once,still regret letting that go today..Some great resources are around Waukesha.

That was it, Waukesha, not Janesville. Thanks for jogging my memory.

[67since67]

It's great that there are meets still thriving! Still the best way for parts to change Hands IMO.

Charlotte AutoFair since COVID is down dramatically and I don't see reason to go back.

Locally the Cedar Rapids meet is faltering after moving from Hawkeye Downs Speedway to the fairgrounds.

I first Went to Fall Carlisle in '76 and maintained a space in the race track infield for about 25 years, just for parking. I remember "Vendor: What are you looking for? Me: '67 Chevelle parts. Vendor: Why would you want parts for that??" Memories of pre-dawn flashlights and frost on tarps. Usually came home with a full truck. Those were the days!

I used to set up at Jefferson but haven't been back for 25 years.

Some great scores at Peotone back then too!

[67since67]

In the Corvette world Bloomington at the fairgrounds used to be epic, but is a mere shadow of that now.

[X66 714]

I have 2 in Phx & 1 in town next month. I always hope to find something other than a burrito but it's still fun to go & see some of my car buddies....Joe

[RPOLS3]

In the Corvette world Bloomington at the fairgrounds used to be epic, but is a mere shadow of that now.

My brother and I grew up at the show when it was at the Bloomington Fairgrounds back in the day. Great memories.

[Too Many Projects]

I was at the Monticello IA swap meet yesterday from southern MN. My son and my dad were with and we all bought stuff. It's a decent swap meet that isn't overrun with the flea market junk that clutters up so many swap meets.
Chad
I didn't hear about Derek hauling his "collection" down there. He must have been busy with Cale's new car.

[dustinm]

Is Iola worth going to? Went for a few years in the early 2k.

Then CL exploded and I was finding everything I needed there but that and FB have about played out for me with all the scammers.

I will likely haul a load down next spring to the Lincoln 1 day swapmeet. On good weather years it has more car parts per stall than any other meet Ive been to

[William]

I used to go to all of Gary Esse's swap meets as a buyer. Jefferson, Elkhorn, and I recall he even had one or two at Janesville. I still have friends from South Bend that make the trip several times a year to both Jefferson and Elkhorn. We would always buy spaces just to keep from having to carry everything we bought out the gate.

Saw Gary at a local show a few weeks ago, handing out flyers for his 2024 schedule. He has added a show/swap Saturday June 15 at the Racine WI County fairgrounds.

www.madisonclassics.com

[Pro Stock John]

I bet some of you guys have spotted and bought some great (rare) parts over the years.

[67since67]

Is Iola worth going to? Went for a few years in the early 2k.



I spent a weekend at Iola about 20 years ago. Didn't sell enough to pay for the fuel and almost nothing for '67 Chevelle parts, no NOS. I did score a nice Chevy dealership clock to justify the trip. No reason to go back...

[3X24SPD]

Used to be a really good Swap for years down in Mass at the Great Woods Center.
After the Wu-flu hit, they never had another- the group that organized it went completely off the radar.

I still miss the old Amherst, NH swap.
The New England Dragway Swap took off as the new default when the owner of Amherst sold the property.

[William]

For you So. Cal guys:

What is Pomona like these days?

We would arrive in CA Thursday, shop the Pick-A-Parts. Rarely any 1st Gen Camaros to pick, but plenty of '60s Chevelle, Nova, full-size. Arrive at the swap Sunday by 0500a, walk around with a flashlight. Bought armloads of stuff; 66-67 Chevelle 4-speed consoles, 67-69 Camaro doors, trim, air cleaners, you name it. Recall buying a '69 Camaro BB 4-speed shifter with rods and mount for $40.

We had a colleague there that would ship it all to WI for us.

Pics from the early '80s.

[AnthonyS]

Well, I saw this thread start on Sunday after I returned from Pomona... was going to eventually chime in, but I may as well now since the question has been asked directly...

I've been going to Pomona for nearly twenty years now and I too, initially bought a space so I wouldn't have to haul any finds out to the parking lot and so I could lay out enough stuff to recoup the cost of admission.

It's never been "amazing" IMHO, and I often lament that I missed the heydays but I have at least, on every trip, found something that has made it worthwhile in terms of a rare, valuable, or needed part...

It is big, but really, only about 15% of any of the sellers, their spaces, or their stuff would interest us... there's lots of toys and hotwheels, and I don't mean redlines or collectable stuff, I mean the new stuff that you can get at target straight out of those cardboard boxes with the purple stripe that likely fell of a truck on their way into the target back off loading room... There's tons of kitsch too, not cool old stuff but dolls and man cave signs and that kind of stuff. There's lots of yardsale stuff and tools, oh my gosh... every fellow who buys a storage unit of tools brings them out here. And lawn equipment... never mind the little red wagons that are ubiquitous. But to be fair, I've sold some wagons there too; people will buy any wagon to help get that third member out of the lot...

Everyone once in a while there's the family or kids of someone who's left this world and left their collection to be spread to the wind; sometime those spots are good, sometimes not, but always interesting. That's happening more and more now, sadly.

This past weekend, there was a guy who had, junk was the only way to describe it, in his truck and he didn't seem to value it too much as he lowered his tailgate and reversed into his spot then with a sudden brake let everything slide out. I was impressed that he kept it all in his spot actually and went over to investigate when I heard the crash... I wondered if he ever cleaned it up when I left on Sunday.

The kids came with me this weekend and they often have fun, but with full sun and the heat it can get tiresome for them, who knows what adventures of Boss Baby they're missing on that dang tv...

Then there's the guys that are just there to cook and hang out, nothing wrong with that but those spaces don't have any interest to me but then again, every once in a while, the aromas coming off their BBQ's make me pause, some could certainly be paid chefs.

And the place is full of people that quote what the last thing that sort of looks like what you're asking about sold on eBay for last year. The prices that most people are asking for are crazy too... everyone quotes the internets for what their part is worth, and it gets quite tiresome if not annoying... This reminds me of an episode of Pickers from maybe a decade ago when the guys found and old blue kiddie stroller with beads on the front, you remember, anyway, they "valued" it at something crazy and wouldn't you believe it, for the last ten years you can find that same stroller at Pomona for the same $200 at any number of sellers' spaces?!

Finally, the tough guys walking three abreast down the isles just looking for you to look at them sideways is quite off putting, especially at a family event.

But the anticipation of the weeks leading up to each meet is what keeps me going; I'm so excited the week before, thinking this will be the one! It's like holding that PowerBall ticket two days before the draw!

Cheers Friends!
Anthony

[John Brown]

I spent a weekend at Iola about 20 years ago. Didn't sell enough to pay for the fuel and almost nothing for '67 Chevelle parts, no NOS. I did score a nice Chevy dealership clock to justify the trip. No reason to go back...

Pulling a wagon up and down those hills was no thrill either. Once was enough.

[mssl72]

Like Anthony, I've been going to Pomona for a while. I think I first went when I moved to SoCal in '88. I've actually attended less frequently as the years went on and the parts (NOS, nice used, stock, etc.) we would buy started drying up. It got to a point that I would go, pay to park, pay to get in and come home with a roll of tape! Too much of the "as seen on tv" type stuff, repops, arts and crafts. Prices have gone up. You make an offer, they turn you down saying I can get X for this on ebay. I've told 'em, "if that's what you want, put it on ebay". I haven't gone in a while. I've had better luck at the Long Beach swap meet in the later years.

[67since67]

My cousin and kids in Pasadena was a family of serious car nuts, so I tagged along to Pomona a few times 20-30 years ago. Lots of cool stuff but don't remember buying anything. They sold a few cars there and assisted the buyers in getting them to the docks for shipment overseas.

[dustinm]

Pulling a wagon up and down those hills was no thrill either. Once was enough.

It was worth $10, doubling the price of a loaded door purchased, to pay the kids with motorized wagons to haul it out.

[dustinm]

I spent a weekend at Iola about 20 years ago. Didn't sell enough to pay for the fuel and almost nothing for '67 Chevelle parts, no NOS. I did score a nice Chevy dealership clock to justify the trip. No reason to go back...

The first time I went I was probably 20? Just out of school and broke but I did have a 68 Chevelle. Anyway there was a guy there with an entire collection of NOS 68 Chevelle panels. I needed them but regardless the price I needed the lottery to afford them. He sold them.
Subsequent trips I started seeing the career junker patterns and stalls, so I got pretty good spotting the new guys who were just trying to clean out the shed.

[Too Many Projects]

I spent a weekend at Iola about 20 years ago. Didn't sell enough to pay for the fuel and almost nothing for '67 Chevelle parts, no NOS. I did score a nice Chevy dealership clock to justify the trip. No reason to go back...
I went about 10 years ago looking for parts for my 2 Chevelles and Camaro. Yes, walking those hills got tiring and I saw about 3 parts for anything newer than 1940. Mostly early 1900's to 1930's. Like Bill, no urge to go back.
Dustin, where is this Lincoln swap you speak of ? Can't be Lincoln, IA, population 121 ?? Nebraska ?

[L78_Nova]

Lincoln, NE was always a good one but it was hell from Canada when the speed limit was 55.... HA !

[Too Many Projects]

Lincoln, NE was always a good one but it was hell from Canada when the speed limit was 55.... HA !
Yeah, Lincoln is a solid 7.5 hours for me at 65-70. 10-12 hours on I29 would put anyone to sleep.

[dustinm]

I went about 10 years ago looking for parts for my 2 Chevelles and Camaro. Yes, walking those hills got tiring and I saw about 3 parts for anything newer than 1940. Mostly early 1900's to 1930's. Like Bill, no urge to go back.
Dustin, where is this Lincoln swap you speak of ? Can't be Lincoln, IA, population 121 ?? Nebraska ?

As mentioned its Lincoln NE at the Lancaster event center. Its one day and on a Sunday at that. Doors open at 3AM. I get there around 7AM and thats probably too late. This one is very weather dependent also, any hint of rain or cold temps will end out door swappers attendance and some of the 40* stalls as well. Good weather and I havent been able to see it all. Chevelle/ Camaro parts arent bad most years

For as far away as you are, I dont know if I would dedicate the 3 days it would take unless you could combine a visit to Speedway museum or Omaha activities

https://www.enwicc.com/49th-annual-rocky-manginelli-swap-meet.html

[napa68]

I spent a weekend at Iola about 20 years ago. Didn't sell enough to pay for the fuel and almost nothing for '67 Chevelle parts, no NOS. I did score a nice Chevy dealership clock to justify the trip. No reason to go back...

It's only 2 hours from me.........not worth the trip for cars or parts IMO. If you want signage and memorabilia, it's a good trip. If you need some jewelry, a t-shirt, or a mower deck, it's the place for you!!

[Too Many Projects]

For as far away as you are, I dont know if I would dedicate the 3 days it would take unless you could combine a visit to Speedway museum or Omaha activities

https://www.enwicc.com/49th-annual-rocky-manginelli-swap-meet.html
3 days ?? Leave at 6 pm the night before, get there early, nap for a while in the truck, walk the swap, load any treasures I buy and beat feet home by 12 pm...:biggthumpup:
Actually, I'm starting to get a little on the grey side for those hours anymore, but, I'd still try it. 5 yrs ago, I drove straight thru from San Antonio home and 4 yrs ago, from Ocala straight home. That same yr, I drove to Buffalo, NY and back in 42 hours for an NOS Camaro fender.

[Mr70]

3 days ?? Leave at 6 pm the night before, get there early, nap for a while in the truck, walk the swap, load any treasures I buy and beat feet home by 12 pm...
Actually, I'm starting to get a little on the grey side for those hours anymore, but, I'd still try it. 5 yrs ago, I drove straight thru from San Antonio home and 4 yrs ago, from Ocala straight home. That same yr, I drove to Buffalo, NY and back in 42 hours for an NOS Camaro fender.
LOL...Mitch,is this you? :)

NmzsSNYE900&t=19s

[Too Many Projects]

No pills, but I've always had cars to play with and one of the first Aurora road race sets in the early 60's.

[67since67]

LOL...Mitch,is this you? :)
[/YOUTUBE]

Well...I do see a bit of resemblance..:haha::haha: :beers:

[Too Many Projects]

Well...I do see a bit of resemblance..:haha::haha: :beers:
Come on Bill, I have more hair than that...;)

[dustinm]

3 days ?? Leave at 6 pm the night before, get there early, nap for a while in the truck, walk the swap, load any treasures I buy and beat feet home by 12 pm...:biggthumpup:
Actually, I'm starting to get a little on the grey side for those hours anymore, but, I'd still try it. 5 yrs ago, I drove straight thru from San Antonio home and 4 yrs ago, from Ocala straight home. That same yr, I drove to Buffalo, NY and back in 42 hours for an NOS Camaro fender.


Well all right.. Lets do it next year!!!

[John Brown]

Well, I'm only five hours from Monticello Iowa. I'll try to remember about the swap in 2024.

[X66 714]

Well. my Sunday venture turned out better than most at the VCCA meet in Glendale Az. Scored 5 1968 only style derbies for Chevrolet rally wheel. it gave me hope for the next swap meet :)
Joe

[Too Many Projects]

Well. my Sunday venture turned out better than most at the VCCA meet in Glendale Az. Scored 5 1968 only style derbies for Chevrolet rally wheel. it gave me hope for the next swap meet :)
Joe
Sounds cool. What is the difference from the '69 ?
I didn't think to ask if you would mind watching for a '67 disc brake center. One of the set I got from Anthony is a little rough.

[X66 714]

Sounds cool. What is the difference from the '69 ?
I didn't think to ask if you would mind watching for a '67 disc brake center. One of the set I got from Anthony is a little rough.

The outer edge of the the dish part is less defined. It's discussed in the 1968 NCRS books....Joe

[turbo69bird]

Not around here they're not.
New England Dragway swap is the last sunday of every month.

This was from yesterday at Stafford Springs:

I thought that vette looked familiar thems my old stomping grounds at stafford. Must be a local car. Haven’t been to stafford in about 10 years though. Maybe I need to visit again .

[dykstra]

The Jefferson swap meet continues to draw pretty large crowds too. People still looking for original parts rather than the junk reproduction stuff. The demographic doesn't seem to be trending much younger though.......

Jake and I are going up to the Jefferson swap meet next Friday, April 26th.
Anybody else plan on going?:hmmm:

[Mr70]

Remember to wear your rubbers kids.

[Formula455SD]

Well, I saw this thread start on Sunday after I returned from Pomona... was going to eventually chime in, but I may as well now since the question has been asked directly...

I've been going to Pomona for nearly twenty years now and I too, initially bought a space so I wouldn't have to haul any finds out to the parking lot and so I could lay out enough stuff to recoup the cost of admission.

It's never been "amazing" IMHO, and I often lament that I missed the heydays but I have at least, on every trip, found something that has made it worthwhile in terms of a rare, valuable, or needed part...

It is big, but really, only about 15% of any of the sellers, their spaces, or their stuff would interest us... there's lots of toys and hotwheels, and I don't mean redlines or collectable stuff, I mean the new stuff that you can get at target straight out of those cardboard boxes with the purple stripe that likely fell of a truck on their way into the target back off loading room... There's tons of kitsch too, not cool old stuff but dolls and man cave signs and that kind of stuff. There's lots of yardsale stuff and tools, oh my gosh... every fellow who buys a storage unit of tools brings them out here. And lawn equipment... never mind the little red wagons that are ubiquitous. But to be fair, I've sold some wagons there too; people will buy any wagon to help get that third member out of the lot...

Everyone once in a while there's the family or kids of someone who's left this world and left their collection to be spread to the wind; sometime those spots are good, sometimes not, but always interesting. That's happening more and more now, sadly.

This past weekend, there was a guy who had, junk was the only way to describe it, in his truck and he didn't seem to value it too much as he lowered his tailgate and reversed into his spot then with a sudden brake let everything slide out. I was impressed that he kept it all in his spot actually and went over to investigate when I heard the crash... I wondered if he ever cleaned it up when I left on Sunday.

The kids came with me this weekend and they often have fun, but with full sun and the heat it can get tiresome for them, who knows what adventures of Boss Baby they're missing on that dang tv...

Then there's the guys that are just there to cook and hang out, nothing wrong with that but those spaces don't have any interest to me but then again, every once in a while, the aromas coming off their BBQ's make me pause, some could certainly be paid chefs.

And the place is full of people that quote what the last thing that sort of looks like what you're asking about sold on eBay for last year. The prices that most people are asking for are crazy too... everyone quotes the internets for what their part is worth, and it gets quite tiresome if not annoying... This reminds me of an episode of Pickers from maybe a decade ago when the guys found and old blue kiddie stroller with beads on the front, you remember, anyway, they "valued" it at something crazy and wouldn't you believe it, for the last ten years you can find that same stroller at Pomona for the same $200 at any number of sellers' spaces?!

Finally, the tough guys walking three abreast down the isles just looking for you to look at them sideways is quite off putting, especially at a family event.

But the anticipation of the weeks leading up to each meet is what keeps me going; I'm so excited the week before, thinking this will be the one! It's like holding that PowerBall ticket two days before the draw!

Cheers Friends!
Anthony

Sadly.... This has become the norm in all of California.

[cheveslakr]

Tagged these at the Portland swap a couple weeks back. The sellers were carrying them in while we were buying our tickets.....quick eyes by my buddy and voila, they're mine!
Real TT Crowsfoot 15x6 for my '66 L72.

[dykstra]

Tagged these at the Portland swap a couple weeks back. The sellers were carrying them in while we were buying our tickets.....quick eyes by my buddy and voila, they're mine!
Real TT Crowsfoot 15x6 for my '66 L72.

What a SCORE!!! Congrats:beers:

[RPOLS3]

Jake and I are going up to the Jefferson swap meet next Friday, April 26th.
Anybody else plan on going?:hmmm:

I see that they eliminated Sundays from Jefferson this year, just Friday and Saturday. Haven't been in a couple of years - looking forward to it this year provided it's not a muddy mess.

[dino67]

I'll be at Jefferson on Saturday

[olredalert]

Tagged these at the Portland swap a couple weeks back. The sellers were carrying them in while we were buying our tickets.....quick eyes by my buddy and voila, they're mine!
Real TT Crowsfoot 15x6 for my '66 L72.

----That is a great score! D's are becoming harder and harder to find at any sort of reasonable price. I have 1 set of 6's, 1 set of 6's and 7's, and another pair of 7's. All are restored to out of the box new. I have the mixed set on my 67 with Blue Streaks and they look really cool. If you use 7.75 bias ply's on 7's they will clear the rear fenders without a problem. The 4 7's I have have a 1/2 inch difference on each side.....Bill S

[67since67]

Good to see my old thread coming to the top again. I remember setting up at Jefferson 30 plus years ago with standing water in my space. That was fun....

[cheveslakr]

----That is a great score! D's are becoming harder and harder to find at any sort of reasonable price. I have 1 set of 6's, 1 set of 6's and 7's, and another pair of 7's. All are restored to out of the box new. I have the mixed set on my 67 with Blue Streaks and they look really cool. If you use 7.75 bias ply's on 7's they will clear the rear fenders without a problem. The 4 7's I have have a 1/2 inch difference on each side.....Bill S

Good tip on the 7.75 tires. I have a set of 4 Appliance versions of the 15x6s and 2 15x7 TTDs with the smaller lug hole also. Was searching for a home for both, and will probably sell the APs, and keep the 7s. My '69 chevelle 300 post car has been begging for some TTs and so far I've got 2 vintage 15x6 TTs for the front, (straight spoke), and possibly the 15x7 TTDs for the front as possibilities, and 15x7 oem steelies for the rear. Not sure which way to go, but was always leaning towards the straight spokes.

[John Brown]

One of my fondest memories of Jefferson was eating breakfast at a table set up in the front yard of a neighbor across from the front gate. The whole town was really into the program back then. Haven't been there in years, but was always a good place to buy, back in the 70's and 80's. :worship:

[dvss1]

Calling out for rain both days. Typical jefferson!!

[dykstra]

Calling out for rain both days. Typical jefferson!!

Welp, fall Jefferson it is!!

[Derek69SS]

Jefferson was great this year.
I found more than I needed and spent more than I should have...

[RPOLS3]

Jefferson was great this year.
I found more than I needed and spent more than I should have...

Dave and I decided to bail due to the weather forecast on Friday - oh well.

[dustinm]

Jefferson was great this year.
I found more than I needed and spent more than I should have...

Was rain a factor?

[Too Many Projects]

Jefferson was great this year.
I found more than I needed and spent more than I should have...
But did you take a trailer load of goodies and try to sell anything ??:wink:

[Wakepowell]

It is encouraging to hear that there are still some good swap meets out there. Here in North Texas, the largest swap meet, Pate Swap Meet, continues to decline in my opinion. The decline is not in the need or participation but in how poorly it is organized. The swap meet is spread out over a massive area outside the Texas Motor Speedway and the bulk of the vendor spaces are occupied by parked cars, pick-ups, RV's and "private outhouses". In many instances there are 100 yards between actual vendors. If they removed the vehicles and RV's that are not for sale the swap meet area would be 1/3 the size.

[Derek69SS]

Was rain a factor?
Friday was nice all morning, It got windy and blew dust around a lot late morning and then rained from about 1:00 on. I had covered about half of it before the rain started. Saturday was nice, but windy.

But did you take a trailer load of goodies and try to sell anything ??:wink:
Nope, just buying at this one. I'll be selling at the Buick swap next Sunday.

I bought a couple 70-72 SS dome hoods, a Hurst shifter with the correct lever for a bench-seat tri-5, a finned 12-bolt cover, a '68 walnut wheel, a pair of '69 840 heads, 70 290 heads, and a pair of 781s. Some guy with a lot of Mustang parts really wanted to get rid of a few SBC intakes, so I got those really cheap (Edelbrock CB4, Factory '56 Corvette 2x4, and a nice polished Offenhauser 2x4), and scored a Smokey Yunick/Edelbrock SY1 SBC intake in one of the buildings.

The guy I bought one of the SS hoods from stopped at my house on his way home and ended up buying the SY1 and a TR1 from me. I didn't really want to sell either of them, but money talks. They stopped to look at the '70 4spd Malibu that I'm going to be selling real soon, which is what I bought the hood for...

[Too Many Projects]

When did you bring the Malibu home ? I don't recall seeing anything on our forum ?

[Derek69SS]

When did you bring the Malibu home ? I don't recall seeing anything on our forum ?
That came out of the same hoard as the '70 Convertible. I had it bought already but picked it up a week after the meeting here. It's a Cranberry Red, Black vinyl top, black bucket seat, 350/4spd car. 250hp/saginaw/10-bolt.

[dvss1]

Did you buy that green 1st design ss hood?

[Derek69SS]

I got a green one and a blue one with white stripes. Both are 71-72 version with the crumple ribs. I never saw an early one.