greenie Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) Rescued from the mud at the Charlotte Autofair Swap Meet. It’s about 8 inches long, a jumbo. The letters appear to say “DE YH”. Any ideas? The last picture is the Blue field on Saturday. After beautiful weather on Thursday, a system rolled in and drenched the facility on Friday. Saturday nice, but not a day to wear your best shoes! Edited April 9, 2019 by greenie (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 55er Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1946-1948 DeSoto brake light lens, mounts on trunk lid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Visions of Hershey mud days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Cole Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Congrats on your find! And sorry to get your shoes dirty. We were just washing off the pollen from the show field. 👍 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 I’ve had the pleasure of walking thru BOTH, but the Charlotte mud is a red clay that the Hershey mud could barely dream about becoming. Of course, the warmer Charlotte weather typically means the mud dries out rather quickly. South central PA in October is a different story- that mud stuck around for weeks! Swap Meet mud is a mild occupational hazard. We have learned to deal with it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) Saw a couple good ol’ boys bass fishin in the red field Friday, would not have been surprised if they caught one that pond was so deep... Edited April 8, 2019 by Mark Wetherbee (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans1 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 with 55 straight years at Hershey, I have never seen mud red, but a lot deeper and worse in the old blue field that used to be west of the old cement stadium! Thanks for the memories !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I have never seen it worse than the yellow field that one year in the 90's when it rained for forty and and forty nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Cole Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/7/2019 at 9:59 AM, greenie said: Rescued from the mud at the Charlotte Autofair Swap Meet. It’s about 8 inches long, a jumbo. The letters appear to say “DE YH”. Any ideas? The last picture is the Blue field on Saturday. After beautiful weather on Thursday, a system rolled in and drenched the facility on Friday. Saturday nice, but not a day to wear your best shoes! Last picture is in the Red Field. Red Field sign in the picture. Blue Field is inside the Speedway, where you cannot see that grass slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 On 4/7/2019 at 9:12 AM, The 55er said: 1946-1948 DeSoto brake light lens, mounts on trunk lid. Then I would name it "Hernando" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I will comment about mud at the swap meets. This is the first time in about ten years that I didn't have to have my rig towed out of the space at Portland raceway. We did get a lot of rain, but its been unseasonably dry for the past couple of months here so the ground was not all that saturated. It was clear most of the afternoon Saturday but the forecast was for rain all night and the meet was over so I decided to make the attempt late Saturday afternoon and it paid off. Most guys were gone by then so I had plenty of room to find parking on pavement that night. The race track supplies a tow truck and I watched him pull the guy that was next to me out on Sunday morning. I had a fair meet and was able to control myself and didn't buy even one item. I did make one pretty nice swap however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Just a side note about the lens....the same model (1946-48) was in production for the early 1949 models. December of 1948 is when they switched to the all new 1949 models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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