Walked 10 miles (no exageration) andit appears that I throw out better junk then most were selling ... everything I looked at had something wrong with it ... stripped threads, cracked castings ... Plus all the vendors selling motorized igloo coolers and weed wackers ... Calisle is 10 times better ... Joe
Almost picked up the '40 rear and guide lights the one guy had but ran out of time and didnt feel like lugging it home. But i did get a little metal working lesson from the Martin hammer guy and a wicked sunburn on my face... haha
$4500 for that '57 wagon? Sham Wow, Chinese tools,fishing poles,junk. Reminded me why I've stayed away for almost 20 years. Want to buy a used high stall converter ,guarenteed.
Book dealer on the west side had some really good technical and historical books Some interesting old intakes. Not all junk. Just too much for me. $.02.
blue casket was there, just not on the pit side this year. let's see - friday night - vender cracks guy upside the head with shock, blood, ems and cops show up saturday - fool runs go kart into people, cops throw him into backseat, fool then kicks out window in the black and white, cops kick the shit out of him, his friend butts in and shares a ride to the cop shop sunday afternoon - cops bust a 4 to 5 year old riding mini bike right in front of our spot - impounded mini bike - gave's kid back to grandmom and a few months ago a guy had his house and garage broken into and just happin's to find a vender selling his shit, vender was taking away by cops so between the fishing poles and weed wackers there's so much more happening. only in New Jersey
'Great weather all weekend and I got some very good deals on some 46-48 Ply stuff. 'Lots of fun hanging out with Tall John & the Perpetual Care crew. Damn, I missed out on a near-N.O.S. snow-blower. This guy beat me to it-
Great weather but all I saw was fishing poles, weed wackers, lawn mowers and several 100 bikes for sale. Didn't buy a thing as there was very little for the older Fords. This may be my last year at Englishtown unless my wife needs a washing machine next year.
I thought it was pretty damned good for a Friday, possibly the best Friday showing I have seen in many years. I scored a primo set of finned Cal Custom valve covers for 20, a huge bin of models, built-ups and parts from the 60s for 20, a deep sump oil pan for a smallblock Mopar for 15, a set of fenderwell headers for my Barracuda for 40, and a smallblock Mopar Fluidampr for 25. Can't wait for tomorrow!
The motorized recliner is a staple of the swap meet. Not usre if it's the same guy but I see one everytime I go. Hope to make it out tomorrow though it sounds like nothing will be left.
Took my 7 yr old Son today for a couple hours and taught him the art of haggling. How much for the box of matchbox cars? $10. How bout $5. Sold! That's about all we scored though I did see a 32 Truck Cowl, F1 Shock mounts, should have got those, 20's Dodge Hood, T hood and Touring Doors, Various size spoke rims, Dropped axle and spindles. I asked how much for the dropped axle and my son with his new found skills said $175!!!!! Thats too much! Hahahaha, should have brought more money with me. $10 to get in. $19.50 for Lunch $6 spent on matchbox cars Time spent with my son looking for parts - Priceless. Who says the swap meet is no good anymore and yes I did see at least 5000 weed whackers.
ihad a good time at englishtown sold a lot of stuff and found stuff score a set of skirts for cowboy,s dodge for 40.00 bucks a old dixco tac for 10.00 a radio delete plate for a 50 chevy for 2.00 a model of a 69 doge green with a black top thats like a friend of mine had in high school he,s been looking for years and a few more things. true there is always a lot of junk there but i always find more stuff there but you have to look
I stayed home this time, tired of all the bicycle traffic there. Nobody walks there anymore with every swinging dickhead riding a bike. Last fall I was struck by not one but two morons on bikes trying to see everything in 10 mins. Its out of control there. All the vendors I spoke to were complaining about all the bicycle traffic as well. I saw everything on foot just fine. Its crowded enough with all the wagons & carts pulled around, nevermind the bike guys zipping thru the isles without reguard for others. Englishtown needs to step up with a ban on these too.
They don't all ride bikes----there are plenty of lazy bastards that cruise up and down the rows in 1 ton crew cab dualie diesels, gassing the pedestrians.
it was alright this year...i found some stuff I can use. I did make some good connections though..and that counts for something. If I brought more money..i would have brought home some useable stuff. tok
I went Sunday. I remarked out loud about the 1 million bicycles for sale, and whats up with that? My cousin says it's so people can buy one and ride around the grounds instead of walking. Oh. So they ride around looking at the other 990,000 bicycles for sale. For the first time ever, I did not buy one thing. No wheels I don't need, no parts for a car I might buy someday, nothing. Not even a sticker. At this point we just go to go.
'Went Sat, put the '39 in the show (so I could park on the track and save the walk back to the truck with the stuff I scored), hung out with tall john and teddyp, it was a good day. It was very cool to see two '31 Chevys for sale on the pit side, one very nice @$14k and the other looked very solid, asking $8500.
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