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    Spring Carlisle 2017

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    I have to chuckle when people talk about Carlisle in the past tense. Yes, the choice slug of NOS parts moved thru the hobby; and much of it sold for huge prices on Ebay. That's over. The truth is, the people that run Carlisle do a great job. They have eliminated almost all of the "sock vendors"; so what you see in most spaces would be welcome at Hershey. There are some spaces devoted to the cars that younger people are working on- but that is the future of our hobby. The traffic is much better, and many of us regulars have discovered the back roads to each of the gates. I'd like to know where you can go to see that much old car "stuff" for the $10 admission and the $5-$10 parking. If you've paid the daily parking fee at Hershey lately, you're there. The Ford, Mopar, and Corvette shows now fill the fairgrounds to the bulging point and are fantastic shows. There is no better reason the skip work on a Friday than Carlisle.

    Spring Carlisle 2017

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    Thanks!

    I spent all day Thursday and Friday shopping in the swap meet fields; and actually never made it to the car corral!

    Now I feel like I did.

    If you see any one that was there Friday, ask them about the crowd- it was huge!

    I managed to buy quite a few nice things- the highlights were a great pair of 1934-36 Chevy truck running boards; and a great 1946 Chevy pickup rear fender.

    The vendor sold me the 2 short boards and one long board. Before I could exit his tent, another guy asked about the single long board and he became its new owner on the spot!

    The seller was very gracious, remarking: "Hey, its OK with me, I made my money already!"

    On Saturday, my 19-year old son and I switched gears and attended the Porsche swap meet at Hersheypark.

    While we were there, we heard people remarking about the traffic around Carlisle the last few days.

     

     

     

    Maple Grove Raceway Swap Meet

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    Sorry we missed it this year, it was over-lapped by the Charlotte Autofair. I wonder how the weather was and how that affected the number of vendors. It has a lot going for it: no pre-purchased spaces, in by dawn, out by 2pm. A swap meet in the old style. Can't wait for the fall date.

    AACA Swap Meet in Maryland

    in Swap Meets

    Posted · Edited by greenie (see edit history)

    Cold, crowded, and as always- well run.

    The "food ladies" do a great job; and the bean soup has to be the best food served at any swap meet anywhere.

    Now join the party at the Carroll County Ag Center on MARCH 24-25; as the Sugarloaf Region holds its 2-day indoor/outdoor swap meet.

    Of course, there may be a small snow storm to deal with in the meantime.......................................

    Mystery light stand?

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    Ok, this may be a tough job. Found this heavy cast piece at the AACA parts meet sponsored by The Chesapeake Region. It was proported to be a Chevy Suburban tail light stand, from the late 1939's- but I have my doubts. Any ideas? Thanks!

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    SHIPPING

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    A word of caution about using a certain bus line to ship large items. Cheap, yes. Nice folks, yes. Tracking, NO. Once you wave goodbye to your shrink-wrapped treasure, it could be 3 days or 3 months before it reaches its destination. It will be taken off the bus in strange and exotic places and left on the floor for hours-days-weeks, until an employee gets tired of tripping over it- and sends it on its way. On my last fling, a seller shipped me 2 fenders from the left coast to the right coast. The same seller shipped 2 other fenders to the center of the country. Guess which fenders I got? Yes, one of the wrong ones arrived at my local terminal. Lucky for me, the guy in the center of the country got a hold of the bus company VP's cell phone number and started calling him non-stop. So, one Sunday morning my phone rings and it's the VP- asking for my help. I agreed. He sends another high ranking bus employee to my house on Sunday, in his personal vehicle, to pick up the wayward fender. The fender gets a "special ride" to the center of the country to shut up the speed-dialer. A week later my fenders are in my driveway- in the back of a taxi-cab!?! In the end, the bus line moved heaven and earth to make everybody happy. But the whole affair lasted a month; and there were many times when I was convinced I'd never see those fenders. So if your stuff is truly irreplaceable, think long and hard about the bus. JMHO.

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