Just Got Home From Hershey Wow
 

I am still high on life 5 1/2 hours later. I filled a van with all the parts I bought. I spent $2100.00 on parts but some prices were unbelievable. For example I bought a good 901 tranny for $20.00
a box of nine 944 turbo calipers for $125.00
a 61 356 3pcs case with 10 connecting rods(all look good) for $30.00
a box of early s alum calipers(all 12 need rebuilding) $50
five 16x7 911 fuchs and 2 15x8 2 15x7 fuchs all 9 with good tires and rims look excellent for $550.00
three new in box OEM boxster headlight assemblies for $100.00
new in box 69- ? oem dash for $60.00
29mm weltmiester rear hollow torsion bar set for $50.00
And best of all when the rain started to pour about 20 minutes before closing time this one guy said give me $20.00 and take as much as you want and he had tons of great parts. I must have taken at least $1000.00 worth of parts because he didnt want to bring them home.
Oh yea I also bought a 993 rear deck complete with moving wing and the brake light arch that goes from side to side all like new condition for only $200.00 I want to adapt that to my 69` like jack did to black beauty.
Plus lots that I forgot. Tomorrow I get to unload the over packed astro van(up to the roof) and drool on my new parts
What a show. I will be there every year from now on.

Its been a few weeks since ive been on the bulliten and I just bought another 69`T from oregon. Its not easy finding a deal on transporting it to long island. So far $875.00 is the cheapest. Any suggestions.

Kurt Williams

Wow! Awesome buys. I am shocked at the prices!:eek:

Oh, but the 993 decklid won't fit any car but a 994. If you like the moving spoiler, you're going to have to get a 964 decklid, and you have to do some modifying to it (to the hinges, I believe.)

I did Hershey..a buyers market..forget about asking price..by noon many sellers were asking "what will you give me?" People were not buying and many sellers soon realized that..If you looked like a serious buyer you were king for a day...Some sellers were running around doing the buying by 2 PM..There was not as big a selection as last year in used parts, IMO..I didn't see many spoilers, etc., etc...Ron

Kurt - WOW ... and I thought I found some good deals on the small stuff. Compared to you my purchases were nothing.

I do agree that this will become an annual trip for me as well.

I guess I should have driven the Suburban :(

Sorry we missed you Ron.

Regards to all.

A good 901 tranyn for $20 holy cow!!

Unbelievable prices! Not that I need anything right now but will certainly plan to go next year (with a vehicle capable of hauling parts).

I guess it all depends on what exactly you're shopping for. Although I had a good time overall, I found the swap meet to be a bit of a disappointment. 90% of the stuff was ... well ... junk. Like dozens of boxes full of wiring harnesses - nothing labeled and all tangled together. I guess if you had an hour to sort thru this stuff you might find something useable! Or a set of unmarked scuffed up pistons laying on the pavement - who buys these? But to each his own. I did find a 71 factory parts catalog and few other odds and ends. -- Curt

Marc...I was the only Pelican T-shirt at the place..one guy from the 914 BB said hello...I think all the guys should wear the P shirts..as for junk..there always is ..the 930 console that sold in front of me for $200 was cheap..and every thing else that was sold was cheap..Ron

I had my PP tee on! I only saw one person with one on, and that was in at Wendy's.

a friend had a space at Hershey.. he sold a perfect '78 turbo tail spoiler for $300 after chasing the guy to convince him they are worth $450....stray15..we missed each other, could have been LOL...........Ron

Unfortunatly, my eyes were down the whole time, and I only had a PP shirt AFTER Darren showed up.

Needless to say, I literally ran into alot of people . . . the word for the day was "ohh excuse me"

cegerer: there was lots of junk, and many sellers made me feel like I was doing them a favor looking.

You'll be surprised when you see the pictures from Darren of us holding the Pelican banner - there were 4 or 5 of us in the picture with our Pelican t-shirts on.

I ran into others through-out the day with their Pelican shirts as well but I guess we somehow missed each other.

Next year maybe we can have a Pelican rest area like there was for the Rennlisters.

I saw some great prices too, a front porsche seat 5 dollars, and some engines for 100. I didn't buy the engines though because I wasnt sure if they ran or not.

Re: Just Got Home From Hershey Wow
 

Perhaps trying to sell some of the stuff you bought?;) Are you planning to resell most of this? Just wondering.

Yep- I will confirm the existance of at least 4 Pelican tees... Doug, Steve, Tom, and myself were at the meet around 8:00ish all wearing them!<br>
Can't believe we all missed each other:confused: We did stick by the plan to meet at 12:00 (you will seee the photos). <br>
Junk? You bet. A ton of it.<br>
I purchased two books, some stickers, oil filters,and a personalized tag "Air Kool"- PA (I collect them and as soon as Steve pointed it out I knew it would be a great momento of the trip). <br>
Not all that much for an 11 hour drive. When you really look at it, those items were very very expensive- besides the gas, hotel, food, etc I had a rear tire blow-out on the way home, plus the three of us (Steve, Tom and I) got pulled over in VA and issued tickets. <br>
Good news was that I discovered that I had an un-used tool kit, jack, spare... everything was as if it has been put in yesterday. There were even plastic gloves in there. Brand spanking new... well- it all used to be. Spare and airpump worked perfectly. <br>
All in all it was worth it. I have never seen so many Porsches in one place in my life- not even in photos! I took a bunch and will post them later!

Anybody else buy one of those "Porsche Support Vehicle" vinyl stickers - the ones with individual letters and the backer sheet to hold them in alignment during application? I thought it would be great for my truck. Just tried to peel off the backing and half of it stays stuck! :( Oh well, I'm only out 5 bucks. -- Curt

Sean - sorry to hear about your blow out. It was nice to meet you and I'll let you know if my wife and I ever make it down to Atlanta.

Sean, sounds like your ride home was not much better than our ride up. Sorry to hear it, wish we could have been there to help.

Yes, there was a large amount of junk, or maybe they were just parts with "potential". But I feel like if there was something you were looking for you had a good chance of finding it, even though I came up short in filling my shopping list. After recently going to AutoFair in Charlotte and the show at Carlisle on the way home today I am thankful that a Porsche only show exists. You could not find ANY P-car parts at either of these shows. Plus just seeing all of the cars in the lot alone made the trip worth it for me. Plus, now I know I can make a 17+ hour trip in a 29 year old car without one problem. I don't think I could say that for my TR6 in the same situation.:rolleyes:

tm

Tom, did it really take 17 hours from Charlotte?? As the crow flies, that's less distance than I traveled from Michigan and I made it in about 9 hours - 90% interstate/turnpike and 80-85MPH all the way.