Anyone going to the Portland Swap Meet this year (2025)?

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We had a great time at both the spots.
We did find more quality items it would seem at the Expo center, but we still found many treasures at PIR.
On Friday we spent way to much time looking at things as we didn't make it through probably 1/3 of the stuff to look at.
But we still had loads of fun and it was a great time.
Next year, we may just hit up the Expo side of things for the 2 days.

I have loads of photos that I have to sort and organize for later.

 

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I took many photos each day.
These were at the Expo side of the event...

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More from the Expo day.

Our little truck gang meeting for breakfast.

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Lifted Astro from the parking area.

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Some random parts from the Expo...

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Here are some of the things that I bought at the Expo on Friday...

Box of 16 full roller 1.7 rockers USA made for a big block Chevy for $30

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Another Ray-O-Vac stainless flashlight

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A gear drive and aluminum cover for $15.

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Another cool flashlight.
I will be upgrading this one to a LED bulb and it will be powered by a Lipo battery in the can to make it super bright.

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Then there was a pile of old calendars for $20, I got him down to $14.
Stuff for the garage walls and cabinets someday...

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These two are icky forms of plastic surgery and probably will not get put up...

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[Catbox]

There are some other items that I have forgotten to take photos of that I will post up later.

Then I also have a veritable plethora of photos I took at the PIR side of the event.
Like these:

These guys had a blast I am sure with their golf cart Tiki Bar.

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Buddy was on the hunt for a 2 barrel set up for his '55, but passed on these ones as he was not there to fon-del them himself...

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This was cool, but damn they were proud of it.

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Little Kubota diesel engine setup for $1500 was nifty for sure.

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[BigT]

Very cool, sorry I missed it!!

 

[Catbox]

More of my doodads from the Expo side of things...

I just wanted the floaty key chain, the boat fuel tank key was a bonus.

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My wife's uncle owned the town 76 station, so I keep mine eyes open for something affordable to bring home to her.
This time it was a little 2 inch patch.

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I also found these NAPA patches.

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I don't smoke, but found this to be fun so I bought it.
I blurred out the scary dark parts of her anatomy.

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Dad was a coin collector, so I always look at them.
This one caught my eye.
No date code on it, so it could be from according to the quick google-foo I did, from 1926 to sometime in the 30's.
I am sure @Keith Seymore will know much more about it than I do.

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Backside of the coin.

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Guns and fire.
Sure thing.
So I bought it and it works.

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Here we have a fun tire pressure gauge from quite a while ago.
I took the photos as I rolled it to read it.

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Patented on July 6, 1909...

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Parts house name...

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Google-foo does not give me a date range these were made, but it is probable around 100 years or so I would guess.

 

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Last thing I think I bought at the Expo was this cool little box.
It is a vintage advertisement that has been burned and colored onto the wood.
For $12, I could have it to contain something.

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The artist has signed his work.

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On Saturday we went to the PIR side of things.
This is where you will find more rusty metal and random stuff, which we did find lots of random stuff.
We made it all the way around the track.
There were some nice vehicles for sale there.
Some were decent prices and others were astronomically expensive.

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[legopnuematic]

Looks like a good time. Looks like you get some pretty good deals too.

Around here is a lot of guys that have been attempting to sell the same corroded junk intakes that need all the threads drilled and helicoiled for literally years. Typically asking around 10% less of what a new one is.

Sometimes find cool stuff and get smoking deals but not much.