DECATUR TX SWAPMEET FEB 2010 preview

Anybody going to the Decatur tx swapmeet ? If your coming to sell how about a little preview of what your bringing .

 

I haven't missed it since 1989. I'll be there selling O/T (1960-72) GM truck parts. I don't have my tickets handy to tell the space numbers but look for my truck...



I will be the tall hillbilly with the mustache siting under the awning. Ask for Kevin.

 

When is this? Ive never been. LaGrave sure sucked this year.

 

The best swap of the year! ...but always weird weather!

 

Last weekend of Feb

http://www.wcaac.com/dsm.htm

 

I'll be cruisin' the aisles Friday.

Attending the Sweethearts and Orphans show at Weatherford courthouse on Saturday.

 

I go with a friend who sells golf carts and tools. I'm STILL looking for '28-'29 roadster windshield parts. Wouldn't miss Decatur!
Sand storms, snow, rain, sun. You never know! My friend almost got decked by a fiberglass hood one year when the wind got up! Still one of the most fun swap meets of the year, even if you come home empty handed.

 

Been proly 10 times and its steadily going down hill every year IMO.If your going go on Friday ,cuz by Sat most all the deals are gone...

 

I think it gets better and bigger every year I guess it depends on what kind of stuff your looking for . I get 2 spots every year and this year Im selling a 1940's car diagnostic cart that Im repainting for a pintripping table or shop computer stand with matching stools . and a bunch of misc motorcycle and car parts from my shop and if I have time some of my hot rod art work and my 49 dodge biz coupe.

 

you shouda went last year.... lots of good deals,, fri and sat.....

 

gonna try to trade the harley off and some new leather ford pu bench seats

 

I was too broke this time last year to go.Got sum $$$ this year ,but im gunna have to miss out again .The Dodge and i have a date at the "Texas Thaw" on that weekend ...

 

Got a couple of spots on the far back west fence. Last year I got there and there were only 8 spaces left available in the whole place, and this was on Thursday!

Place gets bigger every year, and now look forward to it like I use to w/the old Pate.

Anyway, I'll be there w/a damn good running 65 Cuda if anyone is interested. HAMB ad here- http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437150&highlight=barracuda

 

Best swap meet of the year and the first we attend each year. Always a great selection of stuff and of every kind of parts for every kind of cars. All the winter finds get debuted there.
Weather varies from bluebird beautiful to pouring rains to a ten inches of snow! Ya never know but it better more than it is not.

 

I still remember that sand storma few years ago. I couldn't breath!

 

We have a sand storm like very damn year ! But it still beats the hell out of the pate swap meet .

 

scrape that is an awesome avatar! I love that movie

 

I'll be there again this year. Best swap meet of the year by far. Space CP1136 on the south end. We'll be selling our insulation, some mexican blankets and several SBC aluminum intakes, and a trailer load of crap. Oh and I'm building a few Chevy point type distributors converted to HEI.

 

If I sell enough stuff to pay for the trip, I consider it a huge success. My car buddy of 36 years and I have the same eight spaces each year right down in the middle of the south field, where we and several other pals grill sausages, munch chips, drink beer, tell the same stories and laugh just as hard every year.

I'm thinking about bringing my '52 Buick Special Deluxe this year and try to get by with one sale, rather than bringing a truck and trailer full of odds and ends.

 

What kind of shape is the buick in?

 

My Buick would fit right in at Decatur...parked for more than 30 years and damaged by exposure but still 98% complete...but I've got a deal working on it, so it looks a return to the previous, and typical, plan of going through a sizable pile of parts and taking stuff I'm not going to get to or no longer need.

 

If the RPU doesnt sell by then plan on bringing it - if there are spaces - this was the first swap meet Dad and I went to back in the 70's and it's Feb - so the weather is always a big deal...any one have two spots extra let me know...

 

I'm most likely going to drag my 54 down there it needs to go. I'm mainly looking forward to getting the stuff I need to finish my truck.....maybe some pars for my 5 window. I'm excited!

 

I am bringing a 54 f100 project truck , a 78 corvette rearend and misc stuff that is taking up space around the shop. I am space 538 & 539.

 

Does anybody have a front end off any car from the 50's for sale? I want to make a couch for my garage out of one it doesnt really matter what make or what kind of shape its in .

 

Hey Rev...sent ya a pm... might have a fix for ya off A 51 Caddy

 

Can't wait. Always love this one. Last year was sparse though. I covered it twice before 3pm.

 

Never miss it. I take vacation days from work to be there!

 

Do they have any turnkey rods for sale at that meet?

 

They have a lot of turn keys rat rods , street rods, all originals they have all kinds. My buddies granddad brings like 6 to 8 real nice rides every year.