Eastern States Exposition (big E location) Swap n' Sell this weekend

[DAWG]

I bet Alex was sportin a woodie!
that show sucked, it wasnt a swap meet at all.
well a couple guys selling used stuff but it was mostly all new stuff vwendors were selling.

[KLAB]

sucks to have a classic these days :P

swap meet for me = craigslist

[Formula413]

The swap meet strikes me as something from a bygone era, those of us with newer cars grew up with ebay and craigslist

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by Formula413

The swap meet strikes me as something from a bygone era, those of us with newer cars grew up with ebay and craigslist

It was pretty much like Dawg mentioned..."it wasn't a swap meet at all".

I still had a good time checking out car parts, picking out a couple Camaro books, letting Alex pick out his favorite die-cast model, talking with Thom SanSoucie again and meeting Don Sawyer.

Don Sawyer draws a lot of diners. He was real nice and a talkative guy. I bought one of the Olympia diner:


From Thom, I bought some of his black and white prints like this one:

[Formula413]

Cool stuff. Of course because of how we're used to shopping for car parts us younger guys don't have the experience of going to stuff like this.

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

guy does Awesome Work!!!!!

[Northeast Rod Run]

Originally Posted by Formula413

The swap meet strikes me as something from a bygone era, those of us with newer cars grew up with ebay and craigslist

No way! Swap meets are awesome and I try to go to plenty of them each year. Stafford Springs is always one of my favorites

I'm a bit pissed that I missed the Big E this year

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by Formula413

The swap meet strikes me as something from a bygone era, those of us with newer cars grew up with ebay and craigslist

I would have to agree that even for an older car, when looking for specific parts, the Big E swap would definitely not be the way to go. EBay is much better for this. But just for looking around and not expecting too much, it was a lot of fun.

Don Sawyer has a big list of diners in the New England area that he draws. If there is any on his list that are on the Quabbin Cruise route, maybe we could get some pictures of older and newer F-bodies at the diner?

http://www.dinerdon.com/listofdiners/index.html

[KLAB]

Yeah but one thing well never have or at least me, those days like in the drawings. old school diners with a parking lot full of 60s and 70s muscl cars, drive ins, performance shops. Pics my step dad shows me of the performance shops and stuff in my area is badass its now Honda shops in lawrence : l

[DavidS]

So you're thinking there's probably no diners along the Quabbin cruise route?

I know the Olympia diner in Newington is still there.