Event Coverage Swap meet finds

Here’s a couple cars that I saw for sale at the swap meet today.


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Found these shocks ($50)yesterday for my Belly Tank project. JW

 

Is that the old USPHS Hospital/now Amazon in the background? Beacon Hill? Just trying to figure out where this was.
I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Oh I also saw this in the parking lot.


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Puyallup almost spring swap meet

 

Yup.


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Also saw this for NZ$ 23K, not bad for over here. JW

 

Indeed


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I have't been to Puyallup in 30 years; so that would be Good Samaritan/Multi Care? I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Hey, 26T;
Would you mind all that much disassembling one of those friction shocks for some good close-up pics, & hopefully do a set of good measurements, for those of us that will have to replicate our own, since they're sorta thin on the ground around here? Can make my own, but I really like the looks of those.
Maybe post info in another thread? Would appreciate it very much, although if it's too much trouble, I understand. TIA.
Marcus...

 

I will do that for you, just my be a couple days. I was going to try and make my own too. JW

 

Here ya go, seem's cheap enough, Speedway Offenhauser, $97.99 a pair.

 

I like that Caddy.

 

It’s for sale, $16,800.


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I still like it.

 

What’s not to like.


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those cars I wouldn't say are "swap meet finds" my mean of a "find " is going thru a swap meet space and finding the
one trinket or part hidden under stuff !

 

Had these on my '29 A standard coupe back in 1969. J.C. Whitney specials. Broke at the brackets within a week.

 

It's in the wrong hemishpere.

 

I'm with @rob-redm on this. This isn't to say those aren't cool cars, because they are. But it's the hidden gems that consititute "swap meet finds" in my book.

Here are a few oddball treasures I picked up at the same Puyallup meet that started this thread:


Just as rob-redm said, this six gallon copper fuel tank was covered with other parts when I found it. Great for my next speedster project, I'm thinking. Purchase price was less than a decent lunch.


This funky banjo wheel was mixed in with a bunch of bicyle stuff so you couldn't really see it. I've been wanting to experiment with a perimeter replacement. Cost less than a six pack of beer.


And finally, this copper-faced printers block of an 1897 Monarch Cycle advertisement was black with ink and soot when I found it in a $1 box. Cleaned up pretty good. Maybe I can trade it to a bike guy for another banjo wheel.

 

Found these Lincoln Zephyr caps at York NSRA swap a few years ago..........cheap.