Swap meet NOTES !! .... NEXT Year 2021 our 2 Events will be 1st SAT in MAY and 1st SAT in SEPT !!
(we are switching it up a bit)
A special note on a few "CABE regulars" WE MISSED yesterday (due to COVID concerns, being sick, working a project for our USA military service, or an important birthday celebration for his better half) ....
missed you all:
@Phattiremike ,
@Roger honeycutt ,
@Freqman1 ,
@Kevin Crowe ,
@onecatahula ,
@bobbystillz
A side-note it was great to have Mark Gordon
@auto1cycle2 join us from Greenville, SC (he scored a nice "in the raw" X-53 Project bike!)
It was great seeing Phil
@deepsouth join us for the fun!
PICTURES!! ... I know many have been waiting! ... here are some with editorial comments courtesy of me
I MISSED a few photo opps, because I kept getting sidetracked ... SO if I missed yours ... my apologies!
First up is my great buddy Chuck
@Sprockets who is ALWAYS there at 5am helping me set-up physically (and mentally!
)
Next up is David
@Toysoldier and his great brother, from Get A Grip who travels down from Cleveland, TN and is a consistent supporter of this Event
next up is Joel
@JOEL who is another great, regular supporter of Pedal to the Metal from over 3 hours away !
next up are 2 great guys from the "Hurricane Coasters" club from Charlotte area (3 hrs+) John
@Colby john and Jim
@jimbo53
I really appreciate you guys coming down from Charlotte AND I know your "Bike Sales" went well yesterday! Cheers!
next up is an Atlanta well-known "Regular" who brings tons of goodies "Jeff Lo" and a couple from Woody's Bike Shop - Helen, GA
next up is a "Newcomer" nice fellow Jonathan, who came down here, all the way from well above Nashville with great prices on a bunch of goodies and a heavy dose of Schwinn MW products ... I know he moved out a good bunch of stuff and celebrated big time when somebody bought his Dyno Custom cruiser with 3 foot TALL Ape-Hangers bars!! (Much better mileage on his truck on the trip back home!
)
I HAD to include this picture of a great "Regular" at the Swap Meet Kim Stevens who was caught riding his wife's Vintage AMF and using it as a PARTS HAULER
!! What a great way to haul around some old Muscle Car Valve Covers !!
and I'll wrap this up with a couple from my set-up at the swap meet ....
Cheers Everybody!!
Stay safe and keep rollin' out those Vintage Rides !!
CCR Dave