2018 Swap meet season!

[UNGN]

Cleaning out my phone i found the pictures I took at the Pate swap meet (at Texas Motor Speedway) a couple weeks ago. When I retire, I'm going to camp out there for a week, so I can space the 12 miles of walking over a couple days. Here are some of the more interesting finds:

1963 Imperial Crown 2rd HT. Black Cherry metalic exterior, perfect maroon leather interior.. everything looked all original, power everything 44K original miles. This would be a car a Saudi Prince would drive in '63...the price: $12.5K or best offer - cash talks (basically what the sign in the windshield says).

'66 Olds Toronado. Everything works. 425 4bbl. (385 HP Rocket V8) At least the second year at Pate. Last year it was $7,500. New Price: $6,500.

'63 Studebaker Lark V8. as the sign says, $3,900 and drive it home.

Its $20 to Camp at the track for the week. This guy knows how to do it.

Build your own Bede-5 Bond Jet. You first.

'57 Lincoln MkII for $9.8K (less than it sold for in 1957). One of 444 built. Only $1.98/lb.

And finally, something I can honestly say I had never seen before:

1963 Ford powered Spinster. So obscure even the internet is clueless, but it appears to be a fiberglass 2 seater meant to appeal to T-bird people that longed for a "more modern" 2 seat T-bird. The guy who named it "Spinster" probably had a kid who went to work for Ford and thought the name "Probe" would be a good name for a Mustang replacement. He likely didn't talk to many women and ask for their opinions.

 

[Wraith]

I wish I had made it but probably would have had to buy that motorhome to live in with all the "crap" my wife says I bring home.

 

[UNGN]

I wish I had made it but probably would have had to buy that motorhome to live in with all the "crap" my wife says I bring home.

I take my Miata, so I have an excuse not to buy anything big. I bought 2 $10 sets of Floormats, one for the Miata (and the backs went in the back of Mustang) and one for my new '98 Jag.

$20. My wife can't complain about that.

If I owned a classic car dealership in the rustbelt, I would be at Pate on Wednesday with a 6 car hauler and watch the cars as they arrive. There is just too many rust free (or light rust), rare cars that sell for cheap to even count. There were a lot of "sold" signs on Saturday and you can tell they went cheap... Stuff like a 60's 4X4 military ambulance that would be the perfect hunting/tailgating rig for less than $5K.

 

[Longroof79]

Those are a few interesting cars. The Imperial is super nice.. I could see a foreign buyer shipping that off to Europe or wherever. American cars are hot in many of these countries as we've seen from the recent video in Poland...of all places.

I like the Studebaker Lark....they make cool sleepers.
I also like the Lincoln coupe. I always liked that body style.

That "Spinster" is an unusual custom. I take it it's a one off.

 

[UNGN]

Those are a few interesting cars. The Imperial is super nice.. I could see a foreign buyer shipping that off to Europe or wherever. American cars are hot in many of these countries as we've seen from the recent video in Poland...of all places.

I like the Studebaker Lark....they make cool sleepers.
I also like the Lincoln coupe. I always liked that body style.

That "Spinster" is an unusual custom. I take it it's a one off.

I actually think the Spinster was an attempt to make a production, 2 seat car in 1963. The lack of sales for Sport Roadster T-birds and then smash success of '64 Mustang probably crushed those dreams, hard.

 

[tc1959]

Liking that Kenworth motorhome.

 

[Longroof79]

I actually think the Spinster was an attempt to make a production, 2 seat car in 1963. The lack of sales for Sport Roadster T-birds and then smash success of '64 Mustang probably crushed those dreams, hard.

Could the Spinster be a concept car? It does look like it was nicely done....and does look somewhat like the T-bird Sport Roadster. ,,being a two seater.

Thank you for posting the pics. The event looks like your version of the Carlisle swapmeet. I could see where it could become dangerous carrying a substantial amount of money around.

 

[Wraith]

That Imperial would have made a great custom and I would have made a gasser out of that Lark. If they would have taken $3k it would have followed me home.