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2012 Canfield Swap Meet: BS Approved Cars and Stuff Gallery

Posted in Event Coverage May 9, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  3 comments

(Photos by John Milk) – BangShifter John Milk hit the 2012 Canfield Swap Meet in Canfield, Ohio with his camera, too much cash, and all the good intentions in the world to take photos, buy a couple of small items, and not send his wife into low Earth orbit. He succeeded in taking the photos, [...]

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Gallery: Vintage Parts From the Spring Carlisle Swap Meet 2012

Posted in Event Coverage May 4, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  1 comments

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Having shown you a couple of great galleries of the cars in the huge corral at the 2012 Spring Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet, we’re turning our guns to the main attraction of the meet for most people, parts. Despite the rise of the internet, eBay, Craigslist, and any number [...]

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Gallery: Spring Carlisle Classic Car Swap Meet and Corral – The Cars- Gallery 2

Posted in Event Coverage May 3, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries showing the highlights of the massive car corral at the 2012 Carlisle Spring Classic Car Swap Meet and Corral. Doug Garrison did a killer job at this show, spending days on end shooting all aspects of the awesome cars, parts, toys, [...]

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Gallery: Hundreds of Photos From the Carlisle Spring Swap Meet 2012 Car Corral – Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods

Posted in CAR SHOWS May 2, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Pennsylvanian photo contributor Doug Garrison (and also the guy we bought Buford from!) spent days on end at the 2012 Spring Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet and Corral. We’ll be bringing you galleries for days on end of all the stuff he shot and today we’re kicking it off with [...]

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Swap Meet Gallery: The 2012 Haul of Fame Swap Meet – Plainfield, CT

Posted in Event Coverage April 16, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

With a beautiful Spring Saturday looming and no plans to do anything, I was placed on the spot by my wife Kerri to find us an adventure. Being that it is still a touch early in the season to catch a car show, I took to the interwebs and found what looked to be a [...]

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Swap Meet Gallery: The 2012 Traders Village Houston Auto Swap Meet

Posted in Event Coverage March 22, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  1 comments

(Photos by Charles Wickam) - While the internet has become the largest venue for selling cars, parts, and virtually all other kinds of automotive related stuff, the good old swap meet lives on. There is value in being able to handle the parts you are buying and there is certainly an advantage to be able to [...]

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Show Gallery: The Pomona Swap Meet - October 2011

Show Gallery: The Pomona Swap Meet – October 2011

Posted in Event Coverage October 26, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

And the hits just keep on coming! Bob Chiluk didn’t sleep all that much on his California adventure and here’s more proof. He was up before dawn yet again to shoot this gallery of photos at the vaunted Pomona swap meet. We’ve taken you here before, usually through the lens of Scott Liggett our man [...]

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Event Gallery: The Long Beach Swap Meet - September 2010

Event Gallery: The Long Beach Swap Meet – September 2010

Posted in Event Coverage October 20, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Our intrepid West Coast correspondent Scott Liggett dragged himself out of bed in the pre-dawn hours a couple of weeks back to hit the September version of California’s vaunted Long Beach Swap Meet. He brought his camera along to shoot some of the cool parts and cars that were for sale.  As usual, this collection [...]

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Event Coverage: Long Beach Swap Meet July 2010

Event Coverage: Long Beach Swap Meet July 2010

Posted in Event Coverage July 26, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

The Long Beach Swap Meet is always a must attend affair here in Southern California, and this month cool temps and overcast skies meant the swap meet was nice and comfy while cruising the aisles for all things automotive. As we perused the literal tons of go fast goodies, we had to keep our self [...]

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Gallery: The March 2010 Long Beach Swap Meet

Gallery: The March 2010 Long Beach Swap Meet

Posted in Event Coverage March 22, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The first Long Beach Swap Meet of the spring of 2010 came with real “chamber of commerce” type weather. The sun was out and promised warm temps from the moment it peeked over the San Gabriel Mountains. Sunny days bring out the people and, oh my, did the crowds come to Long Beach. We arrived [...]

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Gallery: The 2010 Big Three Swap Meet in San Diego, California

Gallery: The 2010 Big Three Swap Meet in San Diego, California

Posted in Event Coverage March 1, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The Big Three Swap Meet has been going on since 1966 when a couple of car clubs got together to swap and sell parts in an old shopping center parking lot. Since then it has grown to fill the parking lot of Qualcomm (we still call it Jack Murphy) Stadium in San Diego. This is [...]

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Photo Gallery: The February Long Beach Swap Meet Car Corral

Photo Gallery: The February Long Beach Swap Meet Car Corral

Posted in Event Coverage February 18, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

It takes a lot to get us moving on a weekend morning before the sun begins to rise, but the legendary Long Beach Swap Meet is totally worth the effort. While BangShifters in most other parts of the country wake up to snowbanks and ice, we’re lucky enough to throw on a sweatshirt and hit [...]

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Photo Gallery: Pomona Swap Meet, January 17, 2010

Photo Gallery: Pomona Swap Meet, January 17, 2010

Posted in Event Coverage January 18, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

The Pomona Swap Meet is a Southern California hot spot, and a destination for Car Junkies from around the world. This was the first Pomona Swap Meet of the year and it was packed. We’ve never had to wait in such a long line to park. In addition to the plentiful array of parts and [...]

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Photo Gallery: Long Beach Swap Meet, January 10, 2010

Photo Gallery: Long Beach Swap Meet, January 10, 2010

Posted in Event Coverage January 12, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

The Long Beach Swap Meet is a great local hangout in Southern California, and it was about 70 degrees here last Sunday, so while many of you were freezing your gonads off, we were cruising the deals. We also had a special guest star along for the ride, as Larry “Mr. 6-Second Street Car” Larson [...]

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Event Coverage: August 16, 2009 Pomona Swap Meet

Event Coverage: August 16, 2009 Pomona Swap Meet

Posted in Event Coverage August 17, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

The Pomona Swap Meet is known far and wide for being one of the best spots in the country to find killer rust-free iron, hot rod parts, and memorabilia. The August 2009 Pomona Swap Meet was no dissappointment and had more cars, parts, and people than any Pomona Swap Meet in recent memory. Walking the [...]

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Event Coverage: 46 Photos from the Long Beach Swap Meet, 6/14/2009

Event Coverage: 46 Photos from the Long Beach Swap Meet, 6/14/2009

Posted in Event Coverage June 16, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The swap meet held in Long Beach, Califoria, by Topping Events is nearly as famous as the one in Pomona. I have to admit that I like this one much better than Pomona. Yes, it’s smaller in size, but it’s much more focused. By that I mean you don’t have to wade through tons of [...]

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