Did any of ya'll do like me & spend more of your "stimulas package", at the meet, than you got ? What did you buy ? How 'bou them $6.00 corndogs.......
Went Friday, didn't really see any must-haves...would have loved to have come home with the coral/white '57 Plymouth in the car corral, but I'd have to find a different place to live if I did I see you're in Chandler...I'm next door in Brownsboro, you ever get out to the Edom cruise? Gary
I read what the local swapmeet vendors pay. $500 up front and 1/2 of ALL sales. Too many people with their hands out to make a buck off of you and the food has gotten horrible.
My buddy brought a whole truckload home. The funny thing is, some guys from Texas came by and bought some of the parts. So ... he drives to Texas, buys parts, then sells them to a guy from Texas headed back.....
6 94 carbs $15 rear mercury coupe fenders $100 auto part belt measuring stick $10 priceless 6 53 mercury hub caps $100 50 Texas license plate $10 Chevy wheels painted ready to go $80 6 free beers and a sun burn had a truck load of fun!!!!
$6 corndog and $3 cokes (which I buy from the kid with a cooler for $1) Saw a couple of project cars I'd like if I had more space, and a vendor who had 7 or 8 hotrods, all (poorly) painted the same color red, priced as if they were just a little less than showroom condition (while they were really quite flawed, maybe a 3 or 4 on a scale of 1 - 10)
$25 Chevy 327 carb, $12.50 42 Ford steering column with drag link, $10 rear hub puller, $15 32 trans mount. Sold some stuff and was too high on some stuff. Prices were way down. I was going by old prices. I thought the traffic was way down as well. Most all the transactions were between vendors.
bought me some rachet/straps for my new hauler, brake pedal brackets for the '36, a cool old wilton vise for 25 bux, a buddy bought all the gl*** for his 56 Chevy truck, and probably my best purchase was a new full set of martin hammers and dollys, i had been wanting a set for a while and the martin hammer guy was there, was able to save about 40 bux on the set, not to mention the cost of shipping and taxes.
Yeah we took in our own cooler with beer soda and water on a utility cart, the worst part of it was not being able to sit and take a break.
Rebuilt Tremec trans for a Ford and a bunch of sanding blocks. Guess drivetrain and body are next on the list.
already posted in the other Pate thread, but here's what I got... also found a few other small parts, and some magazines...
found a complete P case posi diff with 3.55 gears for my 60 Cheby for $200.00! sold some good quality **** had some cold beers and good times w friends
got a model a axle dropped, and some 37 to 48 spindles, just what i went after. took my own cokes. remember canton tx swap meet this weekend! john
Dropped '33-'36 front axle V8-60 front axle with spindles, hydraulic brakes, wide 5 hubs near perfect pair of Guide 682c lights '33/'34 spring perches some early ford hubs 2 '32 rear crossmembers really messed up Halibrand QC rear cover A bratwurst, and some lemonade with really *****y ice. Prices aren't important
Chrome reverse eye 32 rear spring [pete and jakes] $75 pair nice headlights on the aluminum stands $60 nice model tee oval gas tank $40 Eldebrock 2x4 401/425 intake $175 Factory 2x4 401/425 intake $175[same guy] 28/29 new recessed firewall $50 28/29 door skin patches $50 nice model A tailgate $50 Old chrome dragster ross steering box ,shafts,pitman arm drop bracket,****erfly wheel $100 Saw a bunch of hambers and fed them burritos,wind burn, hayfever,headache. I thought it was a good meet for me. TP
if you have beer in your cooler, you are always welcome to sit at my spaces, row 6 spaces 914-916, same for next year
an in cab, behind the dash ac/heat/defrost unit from Shane of Luckys Hot Rods...and a 6 dollar samich
I bought a 1932 Ford 4 door sedan body 1950's schwinn Phantom bicycle 2 sets of original 32 ford pedals original 32 colum drop 32 ford bumpers original 32 ford grill shell original 32 rear spreader bar a handicap scooter 32 spring perches edmounds 2 carb intake for a 303-324 olds motor original 32 radiator cap close to brand new set of firestone bias ply tires 2 sets of 32 ford sedan window regulators 32 sparton horn some cool tail lites for my 3 window coupe I bought alot of other parts but cant remember off the top of my head right now. Over all a great swap meet!
I always buy a sackfull of Model A parts from Neil Richmond. No luck selling the Sedan... I bet I explained how to build a Model A hotrod to about 30 people. "How do you do this?", "Why did you do that?", "What's this for?", "Where did you get that?" Holy ****! They wore my *** out! So, now I get to spend more money on it and lower the price. I made 7 oak top slats tonight. It's getting sprayed with DP90 on Friday. I'll make a snap on cover for the top next. Good thing I enjoy this stuff.
For my '50 Sedan Delivery i picked up a ext sun visor, stainless stone guards, new two piece windshield. Just cause they was cheap a SJ 327 block, NOS trw 302 sbc pistons, two forged 283 cranks, one forged 327 SJ crank, caddy air cleaner. Oh and a couple of 6" air cleaners to sit on top of the velocity stacks the Nailhead thats in my delivery.
Geez Roger, It sounds like you had a great swap meet and didn't leave much deuce stuff for anybody else!
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