Been going to this event for years and given it’s indoors in the middle of winter, always good to get out and smell some rust. While’s there’s a whole bunch of OT stuff, there’s still some interesting parts and tools up for grabs. Have a look: (BTW, it’s also on Sunday as well)
Ted, I picked up a couple nice tools and some supplies. Nothing important. That being said, those Mercury taillights were the nicest I’ve ever seen. A little dusty but not pitted. All in all, just good to get out a bit.
That first pic made me think that some guy took a pile of junk from his shed and relocated it at the swap meet as "a pile of junk" Actually there was probably some good items among his pile of junk. Love those big police speedos but they're a bit thin on the ground here in Australia LOL The 55 Olds coupe, was that an 88 or 98? and what price was on it as it appeared to be a very nice example. Thanks for the pics and you did find some interesting stuff.
Shifty, what you see there in that photo is a load of New England seasoned Tri 5 Chevy parts. Actually most of the sheet metal at the event appeared to have a similar life experience. The Olds is an 88 and the price tag was 49.9k iirc.
Thanks for that @AVater, not surprising that I didn't recognise the Tri-5 parts as Tri=5's were pretty rare here in Australia in the 50's and the locally assembled (by Holden) units were 4 door sedans with a six and auto. The only one in our small country town of say 5000 people was a striking yellow and black 55 bought new by the guy who owned the local motorbike and mower shop. Never saw it much, I think it only came out for Sunday drives.
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