Ok I admit it, I'm a Swap Meet Junkie. I go to all that I can. I even plan vacation days so I can go to the out of town ones. Good thing about working at the same job for 30 years is I get 4 weeks vacation. I barely save one week for a special one with the wife at a location of her choice. And she deserves that one too cause she goes with me to help me feed my addition. She 'minds the store' at the swap meets where we sell our insulation (www.lobucrod.com) while I wander around looking for the Good Deals, which Im a sucker for.
I usually buy stuff that I can use some day. I have several aluminum intakes, aluminum and chrome valve covers, carbs, tuned port set up, headers, new piston sets, new ring sets, bearing sets, 4 speed, shifters, etc..... MORE parts then I will probably be able to use in the rest of my lifetime. It even extends to whole rolling projects from time to time. My take on it is when I get too old to work on all this stuff then I will start taking the extra back to swap meets not to make money on but just to be there enjoying the experience.
I look in the odd places for the good deals. In the boxes and buckets that most people pass up. Like the perfect Rochester 2GC I found in a bucket last year for $10. I'll hang on to it for a while in case I find enough good parts to build another 3-2bbl set up.
I'm not looking to make a bunch of money on stuff, I usually resale some stuff just so I can go buy some more. I call it recycling.
Of course the biggest kick I get out of it is the people. Just being with those of like mind/addiction swaping parts and stories.
Does anyone else have this addiction? Should we start a Swap Meet Junky Annonymous?
I usually buy stuff that I can use some day. I have several aluminum intakes, aluminum and chrome valve covers, carbs, tuned port set up, headers, new piston sets, new ring sets, bearing sets, 4 speed, shifters, etc..... MORE parts then I will probably be able to use in the rest of my lifetime. It even extends to whole rolling projects from time to time. My take on it is when I get too old to work on all this stuff then I will start taking the extra back to swap meets not to make money on but just to be there enjoying the experience.
I look in the odd places for the good deals. In the boxes and buckets that most people pass up. Like the perfect Rochester 2GC I found in a bucket last year for $10. I'll hang on to it for a while in case I find enough good parts to build another 3-2bbl set up.
I'm not looking to make a bunch of money on stuff, I usually resale some stuff just so I can go buy some more. I call it recycling.
Of course the biggest kick I get out of it is the people. Just being with those of like mind/addiction swaping parts and stories.
Does anyone else have this addiction? Should we start a Swap Meet Junky Annonymous?
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