{"id":831204,"date":"2020-06-17T04:37:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=831204"},"modified":"2020-06-17T04:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:37:46","slug":"2020-kyana-spring-swap-meet-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift1320\/2020-kyana-spring-swap-meet-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts, Cars, and BangShifty Stuff Galore: 2020 KYANA Spring Swap Meet Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and\u00a0photos by Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>Our last gearhead adventure (prior to the covid-19 lockdown) took us to the bi-annual KYANA swap meet in Louisville at the end of February.\u00a0 <\/span>If we\u2019d known this would be our last chance to see distant friends and gawk at cool stuff then we\u2019d gone back the next day.\u00a0 <\/span>We did stay until after it closed that day and my feet were killing me from pounding the concrete for several hours.<\/p>\n

I sort of set out with a plan to find a decently-priced distributor for my Chevy II.\u00a0 <\/span>Firewall room is not plentiful and the HEI in there now is a real estate hog.\u00a0 <\/span>There were lots of units available.\u00a0 <\/span>The affordable ones didn\u2019t look all that good and the ones that did look good were just a tick off the new price.\u00a0 <\/span>I balked on all of them and left without snagging one.\u00a0 <\/span>I don\u2019t haggle much and it\u2019s likely if I had there\u2019d been a deal made.\u00a0 <\/span>My son more than made up for my lack of striking a bargain and since he left his wallet at home\u2026I picked up his tab.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m the dad so\u2026\u00a0 <\/span>I did snag old magazines which I\u2019d gone all last year without adding to my horde.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ll pickup most anything interesting, but I am focused right now on filling holes in my 1960s and 70s HotRod stash.\u00a0 <\/span>Decent 50s are pricey and though I have a couple handfuls, doing a complete collection of them is mostly unrealistic.\u00a0 <\/span>I read all of them.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ll take photos of some of the interesting pages and share on social media.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a library of information I can hold in my hands that sadly is no longer a big part of the medium.<\/p>\n

Our photos start with the walk up to the facility.\u00a0 <\/span>The parking lot was packed and it\u2019s no wonder.\u00a0 <\/span>Prior to 2018 the three first events of the year were the Cincinnati Autorama, then the Carl Casper Car Show, and then the KYANA swap meet.\u00a0 <\/span>(The Indy Autorama is in there too, but we haven\u2019t made it there).\u00a0 <\/span>With Carl Casper\u2019s event no longer running it\u2019s a long dry spell so the swap meet has had tons of foot traffic since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I took photos of what caught my eye or seemed interesting.\u00a0 <\/span>The bucket of braided lines was stuffed with nitrous goodies including a port fogger setup.\u00a0 <\/span>I was looking for ignition stuff and you can see there was plenty of it to check out.\u00a0 <\/span>Most of the bicycles we saw were actually reasonably priced for a change.\u00a0 <\/span>Maybe the craze is waning.\u00a0 <\/span>There\u2019s a photo of an odd, green thing laying on the floor next to an electric fan.\u00a0 <\/span>I hadn\u2019t seen one of these in many years and at this event I saw at least 3.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a tripod bumper jack which is 1,000x more safe than the traditional bumper jack.\u00a0 <\/span>I used them plenty when I was young.<\/p>\n

Panning through the pictures you\u2019ll see my fascination with induction, especially cool manifolds, is still strong.\u00a0 <\/span>The white spoke wheels I can remember being featured on Ford trucks starting in the mid 70s and I had never seen a set of OEMs for sale.\u00a0 <\/span>Not as many toys were out as usual if you exclude wagons and the kind that can be ridden\/pedaled.\u00a0 <\/span>The orange \u201969 Chevelle looked promising from afar.\u00a0 <\/span>There wasn\u2019t a straight panel on it and plenty of signs showing gallons of mud had been applied with no effort to actually straighten any bent metal.\u00a0 <\/span>The Olds next to it was a completely different story and if I had the coin it\u2019d gone home with me.\u00a0 <\/span>Solid, presentable, driver.<\/p>\n

The urge was strong to pickup one of the crank paper towel dispensers.\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019d been awesome out in my shop.\u00a0 <\/span>Lastly the blue Cadillac was mint, fully-loaded, and ready to cruise.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve not seen a finer survivor from that era.\u00a0 <\/span>After a quick checkout it would be road trip bliss.<\/p>\n

Thanks for checking out our pics.\u00a0 <\/span>There\u2019s another installment so check back soon.<\/p>\n

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