On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:42:57 EST, you wrote:
> The last weekend in February is traditionally the date for the Big 3
>swap at
>San Diego's Jack Murphy (Qualcom) stadium. This years affair was the biggest
>ever, and all swap spaces were sold by Friday afternoon. I like this swap
>above all others because it is heavy on stuff for old cars. Most of the other
>swaps, Pomona, Long Beach, etc., are heavy on hypo stuff with little to offer
Any chance there will be any swaps in the San Diego area from 11 April until 19
April as I will be there during that time.
Rob
>the restorer.
> Since I am now the owner of an AD truck, I kept my eye peeled this year
>for
>old Chevy bits, and brother, they weren't hard to spot! I worked the meet this
>year and only got out for a short time, perhaps seeing only 1/3 of the meet,
>but I saw babbit motors with old 4 speeds, sheet metal (hood $45, RF fender
>$35), Saginaw 4 speeds ($250-$400), torque tube rear ends, and trim parts
>everywhere.
> At least two vendors put in an appearance, one from East L.A. that I
>have
>forgotten the name of and "Grumpy's" out of AZ. I bought some stuff off of
>Grumpy (who doesn't seem terribly grumpy) and was able to cancel one of the
>interminable back orders at Golden State. The Lit vendors were out in force,
>but I didn't find the Motors Truck manual covering my years ('51 - '59). I did
>score some '39 Cadillac color chips so that I know what color the olecaddie
>left the factory in.
> As a casual observation of some of the other vendors vehicles, the AD
>trucks
>WAY outnumbered the TF trucks, maybe by 10 to 1! The AD trucks and panels were
>mostly working, hauling stuff to be sold, and a fair number were obviously
>rolling projects. A fair few looked as if they were just driven off the show
>room floor, what a treat! The TFs that I can recall were all rodded and
>looking very clean. No rolling projects here! I can see no obvious reason why
>the TFs were all so clean, as they are sure pretty enough to be worthy of
>restoring, and the TFs should be able to haul a load with the best of the ADs.
>Perhaps it is something about the sheet metal shapes that is just more
>inspiring to the artistic streak inherent in the customizer types.
>
>Paul O'Neil,
>1951 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Project, See it at:
>The Poor Man's Advanced Design Tech Tips Page
>http://home.earthlink.net/~conntest47/
>Fullerton, California USA
>Hudson29@aol.com
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