[grubin]

Question for all:

It has been almost 10 years that I attended both Carlisle and Hersey swap meets. I would like to resume but I read on some net pages that they just are not the same for different reasons
I would like your opinions on this.It is still worth the trip?
In the past Carisle was packed with vendors and Hersey ..well if you needed it all you had to do was find it there

Thanks gary

[Steve Moskowitz]

Hershey is still the same, but Hersey is another event? Ok, now that the joking is over, no they are not the same. Nothing stays the same forever. Some things are better, some things may not be but both events still are extremely well attended and well worth the trip. A few hundred thousand people can't be wrong!

[Ron Green]

I only live 9 miles from Carlisle and haven't attended any of the events for almost 5 years. So not to be negative and have my post deleted, read between the lines.

[rocketraider]

Never been to Hershey so can't comment there.

I still enjoy the Carlisle trips and usually come home with something, but the days of digging thru space after space of NOS boxed parts are long gone. What's left of that stuff is now on ebay.

This year's Fall Carlisle trip netted me nothing in the way of spare parts, but I managed to add to the collectible dish and ads collection!

Found:

a "Merry Oldsmobile" plate produced 1950 in Lansing

a 5-pc place setting of GM cafeteria dishes (found two more, but like I told my bud, one set is a display, three means I'll start assembling a service for 6)

a 1929 Olds ad from Collier's magazine depicting the car at Yellowstone, great colors

1962 and 1963 Ninety Eight Life centerfold ads

1942 Olds ad showing a Curved Dash being fixed in a blacksmith shop and touting the Oldsmobile dealers' modern service in 1942.

All the ads are artwork, not photography, and I've already had them framed. Once I figure out this digital camera, I'll try to post some pics of them.

Dug around in a Gettysburg antique shop and found three more display plates with a CDO, a teens Ford, and an '00's Cadillac.

The clutter just goes from the garage to the house...

[RonHeberle]

I have attended both shows for a number of years and still attend several Carlisle events and Hershey. As Steve mentioned they are not the same as years past but I still enjoy attending them, especially if the weather is nice. Come March I will be looking forward to Spring Carlisle.

[poci1957]

Hello Gary, if you haven't been to Hershey in 10 years you will be in for a few changes. The swap meet is all on pavement, no more mud. The car show is on grass and somewhat away from the swap fields. The car corral is on a curved road bracketing a swap field, not at a remote location like it may have been your last time. Just plan to do your swap meeting Wednesday and Thursday as vendors seem to be leaving early on Friday and Saturday.

[1937hd45]

Carlise was started to allow the sale of late model parts that AACA wouldn't allow in the Hershey Swap Meet. You could find some early stuff at Carlisle and we used to go in the early days but stopped in 1978, just not worth the trip. I'll always be in Hershey, haven't missed one since my first in 1969. The 2009 event was fun, but the internet is were the action is. I unloaded all the heavy stuff nobody would pay to have shipped. Very hard to find worthwhile stuff underpriced to flip on the internet. I think a lot of others feel and work the same. Its raining here today, and I'm listing stuff on the internet, days of the Swap Meets as we knew them are over.

[nearchoclatetown]

The thing at Carlisle that is most worthwhile is the ham and cheese. At Hershey, on the other hand, there's pizza, Bavarian nuts, and hot sausage.

obviously DW has his priorities!

[jdome]

Originally Posted by 1937hd45

Its raining here today, and I'm listing stuff on the internet, days of the Swap Meets as we knew them are over.

What sites are people listing parts on? Not much activity on Ebay anymore.

[lasalle38]

I notice the turn out of vendors is not there anymore at either event. A shame what the internet and eay has done to our hobby. Still a great time and well worth the trip.