How's the swap meet?
I picked up some GREAT bargins last year. Since it was their first show, I was expecting to see one or two vendors and maybe one or two folks with a few worthless parts in the back of their pickups. But when I got there I found LOTs of folks with lots of good parts priced cheap and several "professional" parts vendors with very good prices. I can't remember everything I got, but I did get a slightly used (make that very slightly used . . . if the plastic had not have been torn they would have passed for new) 1600 piston/cylinder set for $30 and an early 60's deck lid complete with the light and latch assemblies for $20. It was rust free and very straight, but did need one hinge reparied . . . but still a bargin if just for the light housing and latch! The "big one that got away" was a type 1 line boring tool complete with 4 cutter sets and a ton of replacement bits, micrometers, guages, thrust cutter, and even a cam boring tool to cut a 40 horse case to use 1600 cam bearings. It sold for $200 while I was gone to the teller to withdraw enough cash to buy it.
So, to answer your question . . . If it's half as good this year it's still worth the drive (or walk
) to Birmingham!
One thing though . . . before you leave Birmingham to come home, make sure you have enough gas to get back to Chattanooga. There is a whole lot of nothing between here and there and if you run out of gas you might have to walk a long way.
DO NOT ask how I know this!!!
