long beach swap

Here's a quick 2-parter since I'm lagging so hard writing.

Last weekend I was the golden retriever on a mission to long beach.

Nice to not drive sometimes.

Part one was the long beach hi-performance swap meet.

When living in Ventura I used to go here all the time.

Not as huge as the Pomona swap with less commercial vendors.

If I was into chevies I'd have spent some money.

There were some early hot rod parts peppered around,

But nothing I needed or could afford.

This guy had some cool cast aluminum pieces,

at $50 per license plate frame,

made me think about experimenting with a design.

This was a good start but at $15k a bit out of my realm,

especially when we've got two similar projects.

Half the show is a car corral,

and there's a good variety.

I had to make it worth the $9 entry fee,

and bought a box of 24 steel u-bends I've got no picture of.

Fun scrounging for stuff,

but I could have slept in a couple hours and just done part 2 coming up.

TP