Nice day at Hershey today little chilly ,windy but no rain ,got to walk about half of it ,1st time I didn't see it all ,but that was ok my lovely wife of 38yrs wanted to go ( her 1st time at Hershey ) she did good for the 1st 4 hrs then she had enough anyway found a couple goodies ,didn't think about what I didn't get to see woulda drove me nuts ,got there about 730 left around 1230 from there drove over to Shady Maple smorgasbord .Great day. Here a few pics of what I did see .
My son and I went up Friday also, had a great time. We found it was a lot smaller than other years, we also thought Carlisle was smaller this fall. Guess the old guys are dropping out and the internet is putting a hurting on swap meets. Shame but is was a great day.
I agree same layout ,but there were a lot of empty spots in many of the isles .Still loved it, easier walking then Carlisle and will do It again next year ! Plus there sure we're some nice cars there .Less vendors and more scooter,what's that tell you .Im 70 and blessed that my legs are holding up well and if I couldn't walk I'd be the first to be on a scooter or golf cart .That being said don't know how they would do it but I think they should only allow scooters for people that really need them ,not every Tom,Dick,and Harry that just seems like they wanna get to the next isle before you do ,you know the ones that are riding along the edge of the tables driving one way and looking another .Anyway that's life, hope I didn't offend the guys that need them and don't mind offending the guys who are just to lazy to walk.
local swapmeet is now a " see the guys you don't see all year" event... glad to have it... the value of the new connections I get at a swapmeet always exceeds the $5 to park...
28fordpickup, if you notice price was on the pink board on the ground in front of it . I think they were from New York ,don't remember ? I looked was shocked ,I think I was over 100,000 again not sure but it was big money
Olscrounger think they were asking $60,000 for the tan 39 convertible ,the blue 35 was at $ 33,900. Think the blue with black fendered modal a pickup was $16,500 I believe
Thanks for the pics. The rain on Thursday sent a lot of vendors home so it would have been smaller on Friday.
Thanks for getting in the shot of my model A "doodlebug" at our spaces. The guys we set up with had the blue '32 pickup. It didn't sell and is still available. It's a B with the 4 banger.
I went yesterday; it’s great to just walk around and look at cars and piles of old parts. One of the coolest things I saw was a restored Muntz Jet in the car corral. What a great looking custom car! RM209
pk you had lots of goodies ,didn't realize it was a 32 pickup ,thought it was priced fairly compared to some others.if I woulda known you were a hambr I woulda said hello .
That is still on my bucket list of events to go to. My wife (49 years) is pretty handy at finding someone who offers her the extra chair in their booth and has sat an visited in a number of swap meet booths over the years while I walk around. I'd agree, the two more local to me seem to be more of a social event than buying expeditions but I did come home with a couple of goodies this year including a 49 Plymouth front bumper for the 48.
Thanks Bigmac! We try to take good quality pre-war Ford parts (mostly model A) each year and sell at reasonable prices. We were surprised the '32 didn't sell. Stop in and say hello next time!
I brought back a few items. Also snagged a Milton garage bell and a tire filling machine that are not in the picture.
Maybe it is getting late, or I'm getting older, but for $108,000. you could pay a sign to paint a more attractive notice. Bob
Jay really is a really awesome guy. I never seen him be rude to any of us "common folks". I hope to see him at the spring fling next year... Sent from my Moto Z (2) using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Went up on Tuesday, set up day but not many people setting up. Sold on Wednesday. Rained on Thursday. Got food poisoning that night and had to go home on Friday AM. Smaller crowds, less vendors but after 35 years attending it's still the best place to find those parts. 2018 was the year of scooters and signs at Hershey. Mantuajohn
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