1937 Dodge Posted September 14, 2012 Report Posted September 14, 2012 Need space(s) for Hershey 2012. If you have any leads, please call at: 586-739-9601. Thanks!! Quote
HanksB3B Posted September 14, 2012 Report Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Need space(s) for Hershey 2012. If you have any leads, please call at: 586-739-9601.Thanks!! Kind of Cryptic ya think, or is it just me. O.k. let me try...Hershey isn't a chocolate bar it's a 1937 Dodge Truck or by mistake you posted in the truck section and it's a car. Hershey lives in Swartz Creek, MI and because he needs space(s) he's all in pieces right now. In all seriousness I hope you find what you are looking for, close to home, and very reasonable, Hank P.S. Love to see some pictures. Edited September 14, 2012 by HanksB3B Quote
desoto1939 Posted September 14, 2012 Report Posted September 14, 2012 I have been going to Hershey for the past 25 years. This is like going to MECCA for us antque car lovers. My wife always asks why do I go back every year. My standard reply is: JUST BECAUSE ITS THERE. The real answer is you never know when you will find that missing part amougnst over 8 thousand venders. Yes you have to look in the small areas in each verders space but thats the fun part of the excitement when you find that specila part. For us MoPar guys I find most of my parts not in the MoPar sites but in the non Mopar venders. Look and go into the small parts boxes and also ask questions because you never know what a guy still might have back at his house. I have found some of the most and hardest parts for my 39 Desoto like the inner taillight reinforcement buckets. Glovebox door with the clock, factory NOS fender skirts, NOS radio knobs when searching in a box of stuff on a Saturday just as the vender was packing up his items. You need to go at least once in your life. But you willneed 4 days to covers all of the 4 fields. Yes 8-10K of venders and you see alot of the early brass cars and items. It is an experience. I have been ther in the mud and rainy weather but that was the old Hershey now all the fields are blacktopped. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com Quote
HanksB3B Posted September 15, 2012 Report Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) How come I never heard of that? Wrong Coast ? The only thing I can imagine that ever came close to that here in LA is back in 1980-1981 or so there was an all Mopar Swap Meet at the Rose Bowl. Sounds Great, Have Fun ! Hank Edited September 15, 2012 by HanksB3B Quote
Don Coatney Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 How come I never heard of that? Wrong Coast ? Hank I first went to the Hershey show/meet in the early 1970's. It was well established then and has grown every year. I am not sure when it started. Quote
Dave72dt Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 How come I never heard of that? Wrong Coast ? Hank Hershey, PA - over 9000 swap spaces, over 1000 car corral and about 1500 show cars. There's also Carlisle, PA with over 8100 swap spaces and I think RM is running a 2 day car aution on site. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 just goes to show you Chocolate is still the favorite American favorite..and just a FYI..this is the only planet you can get chocolate.. Quote
TodFitch Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 How come I never heard of that? Wrong Coast ? The only thing I can imagine that ever came close to that here in LA is back in 1980-1981 or so there was an all Mopar Swap Meet at the Rose Bowl.Sounds Great, Have Fun ! Hank Been going on since the 1950s. Reputed to be the largest antique parts flea market in the world. It the AACA's national fall meet always sponsored by the Hershey Region. For a history see http://hersheyaaca.org/meethistory.html I first went to the Hershey show/meet in the early 1970's. It was well established then and has grown every year. I am not sure when it started. Only time I was there was when I lived on the East Coast in the 1973-77 time frame. I guess I might have bumped into you back then. Quote
desoto1939 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 I first went to the Hershey show/meet in the early 1970's. It was well established then and has grown every year. I am not sure when it started. The first Hershey AACA Eastern Fall meet started in the 1950's. Orginally it started out with the Hershey region holding a swap meet at the Hershey Football stadium inwhich about 20 members cleaned out their garages. They used the football field and did not cover the entire stadium. It has continued to grow from there and now has approx 9000 venders and then on Saturday for the car show they have between 1300-2000 cars on the show fields to be point judged. The undertaking of the event is overwelming. The Hershery region does a fastastic job every year. Just think of the logistics of regestering 9000k venders, marking off their spaces, the registering of the show cars and a car corral. You just need to go their once in your life just to take in the sites and you can not imagine that these many people come each year from all over the world to buy and sell car parts and cars. I have done this for 25 years inwhihc we had dirt fields that turned to mud fields after the rains. One year it rain so hard that there was a small lake in the middle of the Chocolate field and there were 4-6 Candian Geese swimming in the pond after the rain. HAve also been there when it snowed. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com Quote
Don Coatney Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 just goes to show you Chocolate is still the favorite American favorite..and just a FYI..this is the only planet you can get chocolate.. If you want Hersheys chocolate you now must go to Mexico. One of the best things I recall from my first visit to Hershey was the smell. The good smell of chocolate hung over the entire town and made the visit very enjoyable. Too bad they shut the olfactory down:rolleyes:. I think the only thing I bought on my first trip was chocolate. Quote
desoto1939 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 The sad point is that yes they have moved the plant to Mexico. But you still smell the Chocolate. I think the Hershey company must push the smell into the air to get you to buy their product. You should see all the people buying choclate at their store called Chocalte World. The funny part is that you can by the same choclate bars at your local store, WalMart. Target, etc cheaper that what you can by directly from the Manufacturer in their own store. But people keep buying it at the higher price. We love our chocolate and our sweets. Rich Hartung Quote
Merle Coggins Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 There used to be an Ambrosia Chocolate factory just north of the shop where I work. They are a small specialty chocolate place. If the wind was just right we could smell it here. And there is a Nestle's plant down in Burlington. I've had days down there, working out in a rock quarry downwind from the plant, smelling chocolate all day. It definetly has an effect on you. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 17, 2012 Report Posted September 17, 2012 a couple small towns from here was the factory that made all the confections for Stuckeys..those combo gas/food/snack shops that once litters the highways...they have since closed it. When we first moved here we would go to the outlet and buy in big lots the seconds (ugly shaped candy) at give away price and then buy tins at the local store and cupcake liners and fix all the relatives a tin of assorted chocolates and treats for "Christmas"..sure miss that place..it was excellent candy..we still get bulk candy like this from the Menonite Store near us..I do not know the supplier though.. Quote
1937 Dodge Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Posted September 23, 2012 Interesting discussion! Thanks for the lively input. All set for this year's October meet. Quote
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