Winter swap meet recon

[Dan Hiebert]

Greetings all! Went to the 10th annual "Snow Buster Indoor Automotive Swap Meet" yesterday at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg, NY. Sponsored by the Niagara Frontier chapter of the Model A restorer's club. Well worth the trip, couple hundred vendors, but you could barely move through the venue (it was indoors - proper for February around here although it was nice out - for here). The crowd was tapering off about mid-day, I've never attended a swap meet before, so I guess everyone tries to get there early to find what they want before someone else does - that and "prepping" for the Superbowl. Really have to know what your looking for because there is LOTS of stuff and didn't seem too well organized to find anything in particular- in my mind anyway - it was probably status quo for a swap meet. I'll just have to go to more to figure that out. Anyway, there wasn't much in the MoPaR realm, and I only found one item for P15-D24, which I dutifully snapped up - finally have an owner's manual after 20 years

[Daliant.]

but you could barely move through the venue (it was indoors - proper for February around here although it was nice out - for here).

That swap meet was rediculously overcrowded, I think the nice weather brought alot of people out of hibernation.

[oldodge41]

I attended a swap meet in Johnstown, PA. yesterday and it was very crowded as well. Must be the weather. Saw a decent pair of Desoto hubcaps and some musclecar era Mopar stuff. Oh yeah, also a pair of '49 Dodge bumpers.

[BobT-47P15]

Most swap meets are not really organized for what is being sold - they just sell the spaces

to whomever wants to be a vendor.

So - you gotta look at a lot of stuff you don't need to find something you do want.

Around here, old Mopar stuff is definitely in the minority. Every once

in a while a vendor will have something for us, but not often.

[Dan Hiebert]

I was figuring that's how most swap meets go, and I really don't mind looking through unorganized stuff and asking the vendors about their wares - that's half the fun, but to find what you want you have to hit 100% of the spaces. I just suspect I'm borderline OCD with organizing MY stuff. This one being indoors made it REALLY crowded, I've a couple co-workers that left without seeing the whole thing because they were fed up with the crowd. I also found two things I needed for my daughter's Falcon. Almost like looking for bugs in your garden, you have to look past all the pretty things (unless your looking for something pretty). Anyway, I'd still recommend this swap meet - much better than sitting around the house waiting for spring.