Event Coverage Stafford Swap Meet this Weekend 4/15 Connecticut

Looks like im Heading north

 

Strange to not see the vendors buying today, like normal.

So, the end user has a better chance at what is there.

Vendor count seems to be higher than usual for the spring show by Sat 5:30pm when I left. Track was filling in, but the old and new pit areas were light. Vendors will be coming in all night, so it will be full by 8am

 

Well How Was It?

 

It was OK.....there was some nice tin for sale.

Here's a few pics of what I saw.

Pete-

 

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On the way home the wife and myself stopped at the Yankee Diner for some good breakfast!

Pete-

 

Day late, dollar short! Oh well!

 

Thanks for the photos! That is more early stuff than I have seen there in awhile.

 

There was much more than I could take photo's of....

There was in fact lots of early stuff..

and of course the popular bud light drinkers and weed smoking red necks burning pressure treated wood at 7am...

Its always fun to people watch!

Pete-

 

The black 36 - 3 window was $28,500

 

Pete good to see ya!

We moved some parts today. Got some decent deals on stuff and of course made endless fun of some of the locals....also saved someone from getting their ass kicked by another hamber....lol

 

Oh man, do tell!

Pete-

 

Ass kick? more like two girls mud wrestling

 

What I noticed was the women looked very nice this year! My neck is killing me!

 

Oh yea, there were some real head turners!!!

I really dug the lady breast feeding her newborn while her husband sucked down a piss warm Coors light!!

 

Met all star Derrick and visited with the verminator, 'twas a good day the ford wagon was my favorite

 

I bet the selection of dual Buick 350 dragster parts are a little hard to come by anywhere!

 

Man, I miss going to that swap meet (and Amherst). I loved watching the drunks with their Radio Flyer wagons full of parts walking around halfway up the track.

Wish there was swaps like that here in Austin.

 

24 hours of choking downwind of the stinky fire ---- WHY do you need a huge blasting fire when it's 75 degrees???? to show off the cool barrel with the truck stacks maybe there are trophies for best burn barrel ???
No pets allowed --- This big douchebag is strutting with his bulldog. The dog shits a huge pile in front of my spot right where everyone is walking . The guy laughs and keeps walking - -I'm yelling for him to get back and clean it up --- oh he must be deaf. I guess that's why they give the vendors the plastic bag, to pick up dog shit.

Despite the assholes, it was good to catch up with loads of friends and the surprise visit from sawzall !!!! Managed lots of laughs in between getting beat up on everything we tried to unload. I should have brought broken weedwackers, windows, TV's bicycles, porn, etc..... on to carlisle, Compounce and Jalopy Showdown

 

Did anybody else catch Steve Magnante(of speed channel fame ...and others) walking around with his handtruck like the rest of us schleps. Caught him around noon over by the firetruck for sale/kettle corn area around noon.

 

I went there today, picked up a part for my bobber, a few headlight bezels and a steering wheel to ad to my parts pile to make an english wheel.

Makes me wonder how many of you I passed by.

Aside from Lake Compounce, what other swaps are around?

 

Rhinebeck, N.Y. is the Saturday before Lake Compounce.

 

Fitchburg Airport is next Sunday, Amherst the following Sunday & Compounce the next. Honestly, Stafford is Redneck City, but Compounce is twice as bad.

 

Had fun laughing at all the crazy shit, found some stuff and took a few shots



This sums up stafford for me












Sweet new bike for the wife

 

I would have stayed home with the wife

 

Good to meet you. Had a pretty good time at Stafford overall. Feel a little dumber today though. Must have been all the fumes.

 

I saw some HARD CORE mullets but couldn't get any photo's...my wife was with me and she thought if I got caught I would get my ass kicked....

Pete-

 

I am always amazed at how negative so many people are about everything in life, must be a fun bunch to hang out with.
First swap meet of the season, found lots of good stuff, cadillac sombrero for $15, flaming river brand new steering joints for $10, AHC coated T bucket headers with slip on mufflers in excellent shape, many new tires for less than half normal price, a few nice SB intakes for $20-$25, 348 tri power intake for $60, etc..always find lots of good stuff there as well as lake compounce. Two weeks to etown, hope all the "rather stay at home guys" do so I can get more good stuff for cheap.

 

I made the mistake of bringing people with me who didn't want to hang around. I found another set of taillights for my 48 for $30 and that bike for only $20. I was happy

 

Dont get me wrong, I love Stafford and the people watching is def. a bonus!