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There is currently a post about attending Hershey and selling parts. This brought to mind my experience many years ago when I loaded up my '67 Mercury pickup and headed to Carlisle, PA where another large car show takes place. I was very much into mid-60s Ford pickups and had amassed quite a collection of spare and unneeded parts.

At that time you could rent the space to sell whatever you were bringing, and also camp in that same spot. There were two of us, and that's what we did.
It was in a grassy field, not on pavement--which was nice.

I did manage to rid myself of some large parts, but by no means everything. I remember to this day the sight of one buyer walking across the fields back to his car with the hood of a '65 F100 held aloft over his head. It's not a lightweight piece of steel. All in all, I enjoyed the experience and had no expectation of making a killing on all those parts. As is often the case in these situations, I was able to pay my expenses and travel from the parts I sold. Probably broke even down to the last penny. And I had some fun in the bargain. Wouldn't do it again, though.

Thanks for the memories. Lights up the old theater in my head. The old day were very special.

I went to Hershey once, many years ago. I flew in and rented a car to get there from the airport. It rained so hard that a bridge along the way was like a waterfall from the sides of the bridge. I only stayed for a short while and met Bruce McCally while there. Only thing I could have bought small enough to not have to ship home were T coils, but was afraid the airplane security might think I was bringing bombs so I didn't get any.
The best ones I have been to in the past were within driving distance from home. Long Beach is the best one in Southern California. They have both parts and cars for sale there. Bakersfield used to be a good one, but it has been moved to Tulare. That one is good but unfortunately when I was there the Model T section was about the farthest walk from the parking lot. We used to have one for all makes of old cars in San Diego, but the stadium has been removed and we don't have a swap meet here anymore.
Norm

Selling at Hershey now requires a PA Sales Tax number and collecting the tax for anything sold.

That is a fair amount for an automobile sale!

Not only threats passed thru to the swap organizers thru signed liability waver sheets, but a few years back, franchise tax board agents visited vendors during the meet. (california) They were not treated kindly. They actually asked each vendor how much they were going to sell to collect the sales tax in advance.
Surprised they were able to leave under their own power.

speedytinc wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:13 pm

Not only threats passed thru to the swap organizers thru signed liability waver sheets, but a few years back, franchise tax board agents visited vendors during the meet. (california) They were not treated kindly. They actually asked each vendor how much they were going to sell to collect the sales tax in advance.
Surprised they were able to leave under their own power.

Well, that means there are a few smart folks left in california.