Early Ford V-8 Museum Swap Meet

EFV8 Museum

EFV8 Museum

Member
Spring Member Swap Meet,
Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum and
Auburn Blue Ovals Rg#169 Early Ford V-8 Club of America

Apr 23 at 7 AM EDT – Apr 24 at 8 PM EDT

Tickets

fordv8foundation.org/membershipform.html

Public ·

Member Swap Meet on the grounds of the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum.

info@fordv8foundation.org

260-927-8022 * For More Info *

Automobiles, Automotive Parts, Tools &
Automobilia, Literature, License Plates.........

Free 10’ x 20’ space with Membership
Any Additional Space $20
Annual Membership Fee $25

Pre-registration Preferred
Call: (260)927-8022
Setup April 22 &
April 23, 7am – 10am
Primitive Camping available

Want to see some shops and car collections? This all inclusive automotive tour lines up perfectly in conjunction with our swap meet!

https://worldwideauctioneers.com/enthusiast-tour/
 

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This is going to be a great event. Great venue. Good people. And V-8'ers through-and-through.

Mark your calendar!
 
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If I go on that collector car tour, I'll have no money left for the swap meet. 1500 is a little steep for me as well as 350 for the extra night. I'd love the tour but would prefer to book separate accommodations.
 
Frank Miller said:
If I go on that collector car tour, I'll have no money left for the swap meet. 1500 is a little steep for me as well as 350 for the extra night. I'd love the tour but would prefer to book separate accommodations.
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Then book separate accommodations.

Problem solved.


Jim
 
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Flyer for the Early Ford V8 Foundation Swap Meet - April 23 and 24, 2021
 
Hotels are a plenty here in Auburn! These are the hotels less than 3 miles away!
SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western 260-925-6363
Tru Hilton 260-333-7700
Comfort Suites 260-920-7600
Baymont Inn & Suites 260-920-1900
Holiday Inn Express & Suites 260-333-9700
Days Inn 260-925-1316
Hampton Inn 260-950-1100
Wingate by Wyndham 833-314-5816
Red Roof Inn 260-927-8800

All in a town of 13,000 people! wwwdekalbcvb.org
 
My go-to in Auburn is the Comfort Suites. The Duesenberg crowd comes there every year and they keep the place maintained to the T. The Hampton is second. Neither has great trailer access but a person can cope during congested times!
 
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VeryTangled said:
My go-to in Auburn is the Comfort Suites. The Duesenberg crowd comes there every year and they keep the place maintained to the T. The Hampton is second. Neither has great trailer access but a person can cope during congested times!
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Jeff, not to put you on the spot or anything like that :), but are you planning to go??
 
JM 35 Sedan said:
Jeff, not to put you on the spot or anything like that :), but are you planning to go??
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Full disclosure I've gotta work on Friday morning (yay, mortgage company cheering too, in-person with Auto101 students figuring out righty-tighty).

So if I could bomb out west starting at 1pm (miracle!) I'd be getting there 10ish to tuck into the Comfort Suites to take in day two the next morning.

I've still got some home-front considerations, but it's very tantalizing. Very. It's been a very long cold winter.

I LOVE everything about Auburn, especially the trains that run all night! It just feels like home. Seeing my 'road family' (Josh and the usual suspects) would be very nice.

Supposing I had a co-pilot that wasn't a PITA, that could be fun? Wonder where one of those could be? Is Frank Miller available? He's such a lone wolf!
:D
 
The last time I stayed in Fort Wayne, it was in a motel next to a strip joint. (It was late and I was just looking for a place to spend the night.) It was full of truck drivers and hookers and I enjoyed watching them (my "significant other" was not equivalently entertained). I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could find it again.

The next day, the ACD museum and the adjacent American Car and Truck was a much better show.
 
The only known example of a 1904 Ford Model B
that is largely original will greet you as you enter the museum.

It runs & drives too.


Jim


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I have transported some spectacular vehicles
that have been recently donated to the museum.

That - is what is so great about this swap meet.

The Ford collection that lies just inside
the front door in incredible.

Josh is working hard every day to make it even better.

Jim


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Transporting From The Swap Meet To Arkansas

I will be helping out both days.

Leaving the afternoon of April 24th.

16 feet of enclosed trailer space available
to Jonesboro, Arkansas

Full to California from Jonesboro.

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Jim
260-804-6695
 

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Plus the best museum in Auburn to visit 😉


Jim
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I agree,,, the Early Ford V-8 museum in Auburn is amazing. Best antique auto museum I ever visited. I was in awe from the minute I walked in the front door. Very well done, very well laid out, very very interesting. And I LOVED the "1936 Ford room"!!!

It is truly like you walked into a Ford dealership when these bad boys were new.
 
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