Event Coverage btt50's swapmeet

just arrived from new zealand for the back to the 50's car show in Minnesota .
looking to attend the swapmeet on sunday .
is there anywhere close to park and load up , or how does buying larger peices and getting them bacck to the car work .
thanks

 

There are parking lots close to the swap meet.

 

thanks for that , the map i had was unclear on parking , could not figure out if i would have to tote the parts for miles back to the car

 

What are you looking for?
I'm not swapping but got a building full of stuff and there are others on here that are local that might have what you need.

 

nothing that i am looking for , just anything that i see that i cannot do without , or find a use for .

 

My Friends go to the Conroe and Pate swap meet here in Texas.... They told me there are folks there that will haul stuff on their electric carts to your vehicle... Perhaps you can inquire if that is available .... Come to the Texas Pate swap meet next time you are is the US ... You can walk for 2 days and never see it all .... Have a nice visit

 

The club has folks who will drive your stuff to the gate only, not down the road to your car. Its a h***el, as you need to sign up for the cart, and then wait for your turn. Then, you should have someone to guard the pile while you go get your car.

 

Do as I do and if you buy something heavy there also buy a wagon ,sell the wagon at the next swap meet or give it to a kid in need.You’ll feel good twice.

 

Years ago my brother bought a pair of repro 32 rails at the swap meet. He and my Dad carried them by hand to the far other end of the fairgrounds, through all the people looking at cars Sunday morning, to their OT pickup parked in the spectator lot over by the campground.

Nowadays we try to not buy anything too large or overly greasy, as we drive our hot rods into the fairgrounds on swap meet morning. But we have overdone it a couple times.

 

The swap meet at Back to the 50's is a glorified flea market. You'll find more antiques and collectibles than car parts. It's really small too in relation to most other swap meets. I went last year and it seemed to be a shadow of the version I grew up going to as a kid in the 2000's.

I'm just saying, temper your expectations, and the closest you can get without having to walk in through the main gate is on the west end of the show (Red Mark on Commonwealth Ave):
But that entrance is for cl***ic cars only, so depending on the security there, you might be able to at least park temporarily for loading.

Have fun, Back to the Fifties is one of the best cl***ic car shows in the world, I'll be there next year.

~Peter