Behold the treasures one could find at the local swapmeet. The Clymer book I got a few weeks ago at the Santee swap meet for (sit down) 25 cents. The car I found last week at Kobey's (both in San Diego county) by chance. The pin was from the Orange County fairgrounds swap meet today. $4. What treasures did you unearth at a swapmeet (besides automotive SM)?
Thanks for the reminder about this thread Becky!! LOL I did a 'drive by' earlier on this forum and I saw this but didn't have time to reply! LOL
That is an awesome find!! I have that same manual! Hubby found it at his work!!! Bonus!! LOL
I havn't found much at all for Pintos or of Pintos at the swap meets here! I found a guy that bought my bumper though! LOL I wasn't even selling anything there, hubby just has the gift of gab, and one thing led to another!!
Congrats on the find!!! ;D
Swapmeets are usually hit or miss for Pinto parts for me. However, at the last couple swapmeets I was at I have walked away with a few things that I was not expecting to find. Most people don't know what the parts are for. The people that have boxes of misc NOS Ford parts are the ones I like. I spend the time and go thru everything in their booth. Sometime it pays off.
I have found lots of non Pinto related treasures at swapmeets thru the years. Some of them were unbleiveable steals I mean deals ;D that I could not pass up. A $500 AFX slot car for $10 that is near mint. I set of four Michelin TRX metric Mustang tires. Two NOS, two with 75% tread left for $30. My friends thought I was nuts buying these tires. I sold them on Ebay for $350.00. I found a whole box of sport wheel centers for $10 There were probably 15 of them plus parts. I restored the good ones that were not broken and sold them. There was an older fellow that had two huge boxes of sport mirrors for $5 a piece. 69/70 mustang, 71-73 Mustang, 69-70 cougar pairs and singles etc. I bought what I could carry and sold them off on Ebay again.
Yes I can say I love swapmeets too ;D
:amazed: :amazed: :amazed: :amazed: :amazed: Ok I'm jealous Tigger! The wheel centers alone made me drool! ;D
Over wheel centers? Blu :look:
Yes Smarty-Pants. You'd be amazed at the things I drool over... :angel: :devil: ::) ;D :lol:
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Quote from: blupinto on June 10, 2009, 12:56:16 AM
You'd be amazed at the things I drool over... :angel: :devil: ::) ;D :lol:
Ummmm.. No comment Becky lmao
Lets see what have a found good at a swap meet... Not much, I can tell you that. The last swap meet I went to was at Springfield & was a mix of a car show & parts swap meet. I ended up getting a 5 band equalizer & nothing else. Very little Pinto stuff at all.
L:ast weekend I was browsing, not looking for one particular thing, at the Oceanside swap meet and my eyes caught the hood (of all things) and I knew immediately what car it was...
Tonka made it, but it was inspired by... PINTO! lol.
Nice score, Becky. Thanks for sharing!
Dwayne :smile:
I always find something Pinto related at the Jefferson WI swap meet. They do it twice a year and I come home with something. This past one a couple of weeks ago a buddy on mine bet me that I would not find any parts and a couple of rows in, I found two fender/trunk badges for 10.oo. A little while later I found a whole bunch of dealer brochures other paper items. I had to pick up a 1978 Ford buyers guide that covers all of the products that was available and it included the prices. This was MINT for 8.oo
The best was near the end when I found a dash cluster that when to 110 mph (pre 1975?). I passed on it because it did not look that good and i could not find the owner. Needless to say my friend wound up buying lunch LOL!!!
It's always a hunt at Jefferson because the swap meet is geared twards Chevys and full size Ford with a few Mopars thrown in. It's also like going to a museum at times. A wet, muddy/dusty museum ;D
That's so cool Squire Man! lol. I would love to find Pinto paper goods. The swap meets I go to are the "everything" kind of S.M. This last Saturday my friend and I went to Sn Diego and at Kobey's I found a set of faded Mustang II hubcaps with the faux "wire" look. The MII I'm hoping to adopt already has those caps on them! ;D
Shoot me a list of "paper" goods you are looking for and if i can remember, I will get them in April ;D Otherwise try www.pjsautolit.com (http://www.pjsautolit.com) That's where I get everything from and he/they have a LOT
REALLY!? I feel like you're Santa and I'm a little kid on your lap! ;D Let's see... For Christmas (lol!) I want... a '71 and '72 Pinto dealer brochures, a '71 Pinto owner's manual, '75 and '76 dealer brochures, a '72 Ford Wagons brochure, a '72 Pinto owner's manual, '71-'76 Ford paint chips pages, ... yes, the elves will be really busy... ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D Please note that I said I could get them in APRIL ;D ;D Are you kidding me, most of the people have put their cars away for the winter already and will not be back out until spring ;D But use the link and see if they have what you are looking for. That's where I got all of my stuff for the 78