[herr_oberst]

Supposedly, this is the biggest hot rod swap meet in the nation, next to the one at Hershey Pennsylvania.
First time in 2 years for the 'annual' swap meet thanks to the pandemic. I like going, rain or shine. Big crowds, but the thing that really caught my eye this-go-round is that 99.5% of the people buying and selling are white men, between about 55 and 75 years old. It's not like I'm so unaware that I've never noticed this before, but this year it really hit home that once this generation of hotrodders is gone, no one else is going to want this stuff, and there is a TON of 'this stuff'. Me and 2 pals spent two days trying to at least look at every table, we walked 16 miles on pavement, and it would be fair to say that realistically we only put our eyes on 10% of the stuff out there. I got some vintage Cibie foglights for a buck, but my latest project is an E28 BMW, so really there was nothing that I expected to find.

I was talking with my chum who has a 67 Mustang fastback on a rotisserie that's finally at the shop getting painted... He thinks he's lost interest in the car, so it's starting to look like he's going to end up with a roller, with bins and bins full of parts he's been collecting for years, and he may never find the enthusiasm to take it over the finish line. He's 70. Maybe he'll rally. I hope so.