I'm already back home. I had something planned already. Big crowds, beautiful weather.
I must have seen 50 people that I knew from clubs in Virginia.
Just rolled in myself, -backed the trailer under the shed, and pulled the truck inside the warehouse. I'll unload next week when I recover
As Wick said, very well attended and gorgeous weather. A very good swap meet IMO.
As mentioned above, there was a lot of Model-T stuff, but some Model-A and brass-era stuff too. Only a couple brass-era cars there that I saw. Something that took me by surprise was that I was wiped out of restored parts when I arrived on the evening prior. I had mentioned to a couple of people that I was going to have restored brake parts, and I guess I should have taken pre-orders. Note to self and others, advertise your needs prior to going where someone will know to bring that item(s).
Never has this been a pre-sale meet before where items were sold during the previous evening set-up. Also, many potential Buyers walked up asking for something (-or some things) specific, and if you didn't have it, they glanced around and moved on to the next space.
One other thing I noted was this swap meet is really now a one-day meet. Many people (-mostly Buyers but some Sellers) I spoke with were only attending there on Friday. It did seem many people came ready to do business because I saw lots of items being carried around.
Something else that blew me away was that brown Coupe body pictured above was sold around 10:00 on Friday. The guy left a deposit and then drove all the way to Pennsylvania to get the remaining cash and a trailer to haul it home on.
I would definitely recommend this meet for both Buyers & Sellers alike. The size if just right where you don't feel like you are walking your legs off trying to cover it all, -and it is an area where many hobbyist can make the drive in 5 hours or less. There was vendors from 18 states, -with long-distance coming from Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
