Kid Vette
Master-Baiter
I thought you might want to see what Street Shop brought to Bloomington Gold this year.
Note the billet bat wing.
Note the billet bat wing.
Street Shop at Bloomington Gold
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redvetracr
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speaking of Bloomington how was the swap meet? lots of vendors or lots of empty spots (or vendors cars parked in vending spaces making it look full)??
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
I had lotta bux, it's certainly a nice way to go....fur sure....
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Kid Vette
Master-Baiter
I think the swap meet gets smaller every year. I probably wouldn't have gone this year except that I was in Chicago on business anyway. I think the big event is the auction which I didn't stick around for. I do enjoy the Gold Mine area (cars for sale). Here's one you may be familiar with.
Twin_Turbo
Der Maulwurf
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billet dog bones, billet batwing...pretty!!! That there little engine...wouldn't mind having one either. There was one for sale here from the spyker plant, it was sold before I knew it...figures.
Kid Vette
Master-Baiter
He said he buys them brand new for $25,000. Add another $5,000 for peripherals to make it run.
GT6Steve
Well-known member
Did you see a phone number on that B/S racer?
69427
The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
I used to look forward to the Bloomington swap meet every year, and went for the better part of twenty years, but finally said to hell with them when the cost of gas (from Indiana) and entry fee was more than I could recover by getting some some decent deals on stuff. Of course, when the swap area is half the size it used to be, it's darn hard to find a lot of deals. One of my favorite (used parts) vendors told me the cost of space there kept going up and it just wasn't worth his time and effort to keep going back.
69427
The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
I understand the point of the custom (and probably expensive) batwing (I had to modify mine), but what am I missing with (the trouble and expense of) the billet trailing links? Is there a reason other than bling?
Kid Vette
Master-Baiter
I asked why the billet batwing. He said the high horsepower motors were tearing up the stockers. I imagine the same holds true for the dog bones.
Kid Vette
Master-Baiter
Sorry, no.
redvetracr
Well-known member
I was a vendor in St Charles for the first three years they were there, first year in one space I sold about $5000 worth of stuff, the next year in three spaces I did about $3500, the third year in the same three spaces I did about $2000...see a trend?? I did and that was it for me, this year I didn`t even go to walk around.... that last year was also the year I took a #351 bare block out of a 67 427/435hp Corvette...my daughter is watching my stuff and a couple of guys (experts) ask how much? she says "6"...they say "six hundred??"....I later sold that block to a restorer (sight unseen) for $6K...
between ebay and "greed" the once great Bloomington swap meet is DEAD...just like Vettefest and Chevy Vettefest.....
Bullshark
Well-known member
I too attended Bloomington on a regular basis prior to it moving out of Bloomington Ill. That was before the internet when us average Joe's would go together on a slot and haul our spare parts up in the back of a pickup or on our car trailers. Attended one or two times when it was held in Springfield. Never been to one held in St. Charles Ill.....and most likely never will. It's just not "Bloomington" to me and should have changed the name. I think the original sponsors had a falling out way back when.
Bullshark
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