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03-05-2025, 12:34 PM
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Swap meet buy
Ě went to the swap meet at the local dragstrip over the weekend. Came across a nice intake dated K179. Of course I didn't need it but the price was too good to turn it down.
How many out there are guilty of doing the same thing?
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03-05-2025, 02:31 PM
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'068' intake?
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03-05-2025, 04:38 PM
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Most of my life!!!
However, I am trying to stop the bad habit!!!! |
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03-05-2025, 04:51 PM
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Depends on what the part is, what its worth to me.
I found a Perfromer RPM, here, for $50.00. It took a little more to ship it...
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03-05-2025, 10:04 PM
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Guilty as charged. For some reason I am addicted to intakes personally. I've got a few dozen. From stockers to wild.
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03-05-2025, 10:19 PM
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At a street rod clubs flea market I found a pair of long branch exhaust manifolds for $75. You just have to look.
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03-05-2025, 11:10 PM
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Me! I’ve bought Pontiac stuff even when I didn’t have one lol
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03-06-2025, 07:39 AM
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Sounds like you guys are lucky. In my area it seems like everyone wants retail price for their dirty junk parts…..I have given up on swap meets.
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03-06-2025, 12:05 PM
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I always find deals at the swaps. I stopped picking up parts that others may need or are looking for, I usually get stuck w/ them. I never get a call saying, BURD, found this for you Lol
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03-06-2025, 09:29 PM
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Guilty : I got a small building full of stuff I’ll probably never use.
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03-06-2025, 10:12 PM
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Not much for swap meets around here. But, I did purchase this from Facebook. Guy I bought it from had purchased a '74 Formula new. I will be talking to him more in the future.
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03-07-2025, 08:06 AM
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Yes, that was me. Now I find myself giving away or selling very inexpensively all the stuff I accumulated that I am sure I will never use.
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03-07-2025, 09:17 PM
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Got more of the "wrong" stuff I'll never use or work on......I need to clear some stuff out!
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03-10-2025, 03:30 PM
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03-10-2025, 04:32 PM
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This was a good find,1984 Stanley tape, has older metal case new ones are cheap plastic. . 4$
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03-20-2025, 05:48 PM
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Ive gotten bad about brining home books, like the old interchange manuals, or fisher body manuals. Things like that.
I also like to grab the late 70s BOP Qjet cores because sometimes they can be find for next to nothing, and I like them. 4150 Holleys too, Ill buy them if they are cheap, throw a kit in them and then throw it on marketplace. Not so much to make money, but just to get parts off of shelves and back to being used.
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03-20-2025, 05:54 PM
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I went looking for his bathtub intake under the workbench. It was sitting on a piece of plywood. Picked the plywood up and there was a '61/'62 SD intake underneath it that I didn't know about. K
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03-20-2025, 06:36 PM
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Back in the 70's the local speed shop had a row of tri-power and six pac intakes complete with carbs for $75.00 each!
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03-20-2025, 06:40 PM
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Thift stores
Don't be afraid to visit local thirft stores, I scored a nice USA made battery charger, Arrow electric stapler, Ryobi 18 volt skill saw, Craftsman router for peanuts.
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03-21-2025, 12:04 PM
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