{"id":568438,"date":"2017-05-11T04:54:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=568438"},"modified":"2017-05-11T04:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:54:20","slug":"2017-kyana-spring-swap-meet-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift-galleries\/2017-kyana-spring-swap-meet-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 KYANA Spring Swap Meet Coverage: Trash, Treasures, Transmissions, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and\u00a0photos by Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>We like swap meets.\u00a0 We like looking at things we either don\u2019t need or can\u2019t afford.\u00a0 When we stumble upon stuff we really want, think we need, and can sorta afford the cash disappears swiftly.\u00a0 Usually we are safe because there isn\u2019t much to spend\u2026\u00a0 Many of you know how that goes.<\/p>\n

So we find ourselves at the KYANA swap meet at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.\u00a0 Lots of things we liked.\u00a0 Few things we could afford.\u00a0 Even fewer we brought home.\u00a0 We don\u2019t need a set of old drive-in theater speakers, but we found several sets of nice ones.\u00a0 A $750 Stingray with the slick and gearshift is out of our price range, but we left some drool on it anyway.\u00a0 Lots of manual transmissions we scoped out, but we\u2019re not ready to convert our Chevy II just yet.\u00a0 The little 8.2\u201d differential likely won\u2019t live long with a stick.\u00a0 Who all needs a Pontiac 301ci turbo setup\u2026?\u00a0 We saw two.\u00a0 There were at least 3 old manual tire-changing setups there.\u00a0 Was very temped to get one.<\/p>\n

One thing we hadn\u2019t expected to see was the cabin portion of a light aircraft.\u00a0 Perhaps might make a good platform for a LeMons car.\u00a0 A pristine-looking Cadillac coupe was just waiting for someone to get their \u2018huggy bear\u2019 fix.\u00a0 Plenty of toys caught our eyes.\u00a0 The white fox-body hatch was fairly clean and unmolested.\u00a0 Ultimately one of my sons bought a friend of his a quadrajet and he bought me the tachometer pictured last.\u00a0 I found a couple good deals on some old HotRod magazines for my library (mostly 1970s).\u00a0 That was our haul this time.\u00a0 Magazines are heavy when you get them in bulk.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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