The Chickasha swap meet ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
I've been going for 20 years. The early years were terrific - lots of brass cars & parts and always at least one unrestored barn-find for sale. There used to be a regular who sold nothing but pre-15 Stanley parts.
It started going downhill before Covid; Covid just accelerated the process.
What killed Chickasha? In my opinion, it's in the middle of nowhere - hard to get to and nothing to do when you get there. No good restaurants, small selection of hotels (that doubled/tripled their rates for the meet). Bakersfield was a cake walk compared to Chickasha.
Turns out I bought more brass stuff (headlights, sidelights, bulb horns, etc.) in the past years over the internet than at Bakersfield or Chickasha. Maybe that's what really killed those meets.
It's the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.