Thread: Tucson Swap Meet….Good Day

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Johnboy you are absolutely right.

"....So is the stang in better shape than I thought, or was the meet a little slack in pony pieces? ......."

A bit of both. The Mustang was complete running car when it was parked, so the majority of work that needs to be done is maintenance stuff.

"........The past couple of years there aren't enough "car guys' any more, it seems like our biggest swap meet now has more "flea market" folks than car stuff vendors......"

I usually only do the Tucson Swap Meet once a year so I don't know how the other ones currently are. So far this one is mostly car and some motorcycle stuff. The guy I bought the $5 carb from mentioned he and his wife mostly did the flea markets (they had mostly cloths and some kids toys).


Swap meets aren't what they were 20 years ago. When I first moved out here there were usually 4 swap meets in Tucson a year, now I think they are down to 1 or 2. The meets were a lot bigger with a lot more vendors and bigger crowds. The internet has had a big impact on them. I've sold a bunch more of my high dollar parts thru E Bay and Craigs List than I did at the Swap meet...... plus I don't have to go thru the load and unload/setup stuff. I like doing it once a year, mostly because of the new people I meet and old acquaintances I get to see again.



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