I still manage to find the diamonds in the rough at swap-meets. I enjoy the travel in the country, overnight stays, the nervous excitement before the gates open, the smell of bbq sausage or bacon and egg sandwiches on a frosty morning. The different people you meet, some lovely, some interesting, some absolutely ferral. I have been wearing the same flannelette shirt to swap meets only, for 15 years. My wife once asked why I call it my 'swap-meet' shirt. I replied that you never go into a swap meet looking like you're loaded with money or the price of things goes up 50% 😅 (nothing wrong with the Austin, Peter Brock started in an Austin A30).
Attaway mate! Same reason I turn up to buy old cars in a beanie and canvas hivis with sleeves ripped to short sleeve length. "Yeah gotta get a ride sorted, sick of driving the missus car around."
The amount of random stuff ive bought at swap meets down in Adelaide is pure gold. Went to one to try it for the first time being a fresh 21 year old pup and i walked out with old metal working dollys, decent set of near new micrometers, original paint hk monaro boot lid with all the patina, Iron lion ecu and extractors All for $400. I was on cloud 9 that whole day Defaintly try to get out when they are on because really you wont know what you will find until you go and look 🤷♂️
That burger looks delicious. Interesting all the Cruisers in the backdrop. You don't see that many of them together where I live, unless you go to an event or if Terrain tamer has a meet. It is interesting how people are also strapped for cash at the moment there. It's the same thing where I live.
This reminds me of going to a gun show. You see soo much stuff that you would never be interested in but then there's one but of Gold you end up buying and it makes the whole day worth it.
I think if you bumped into someone at a Swap meet you maybe able to track down someone or something obscure due to the pure amount of knowledgeable people in the community that congregate at such events. It’s all luck on the day and the atmosphere and adventure, that FB can never take away.
swap meet will always beat FB market-place for several reasons .. there's usually a car show , usually somewhere to buy food & drink , haggling/bartering with stall-holders is expected , you never know what you will find .. and it's always a good laugh buying ' gifts ' for each other when you're with some mates
Good old Ferguson tractors. We had a few at one point. Nerd fact with those, the top arm on the 3 point hitch was revolutionary to its time because of the mechanism it stopped flipping of the tractor when plowing allowing the hitch to rise and (if I remember rightly) disengage drive in the event of a snag.
Our MF is dangerous the clutch has a spot mid pedal only a few microns in its stroke where it will disengage or the old girl will wheel stand i now drive it with one hand on the fuel cut just incase..
That tractor was crazy, I just found my father in law’s dad’s Ferguson and returned it to him for his 60th birthday! Wild to think Al is familiar with them halfway across the world!
Absolutely smashing couple of blokes are Al and Woody, glad to see you're still going strong (I've been away from UA-cam for ages). I've got to say though, I think you're criminally under subscribed for what you do. Don't get me wrong 270k people is an amazing achievement, it's just the content is the quality of 2.7M subscribers. Then you get these talentless, ugly, loud and shouty seppos with 12M subs and you start to wonder when the world collapsed. Sorry for the essay fellas, its just I'm so happy to see you again bit equally disgusted with humanity... :) :)
Al, i also learned to drive on one of those! But in the States they were "Ford 9N's". Basically the same though. Now we have a Massey MF245 Diesel which is like the big brother version of the o.g.
I know you like your fishing Woody. We have a similar thing in the Redlands every 1/4 or so, the Boaties Markets at Victoria Point. Come down to the next one. Some bargains if ya get in early.
I went to an american/aussie hotrod swapmeet just for a look back in the 90s not expecting to find anything, but scored a rare as rocking hose poo cast metal grille for my '73 alfa gtv sitting on top of a pile of scrap for $20. Back then a mint unbroken one would fetch up to $500. Such a score, I never forgot it.
Every old guy loves a tractor..the amount of tractor chat I had to put up with at smoko time with my old boss who is now in his 70s 😂😂 like I'm meant to know what horsepower a massy from 1972 is meant to have...🤣🤣
Another awesome vid thanks guys! I think we all seem to have less time so mp is just easier. Swap meets are just much more fun but you do have to leave ya shed to go...
I learnt to deive in a grey EJ with a white roof just like the one in the carpark. The old 138 grey motor with the “3 on the tree” was a powerhouse! I think it still had crossply tyres :-)
Swap meets are great, I'm more likely to give someone a deal in person. Someone right in front of you ready to buy is better then dickin' around on the interwebs !
This brought back some good memories! Unfortunately haven't been to a boot sale/swap meet for 20 odd years now - they were always a lot of fun, mostly just chatting more than spending. I too learned to drive on a Ferguson tractor - on a golf course though, not a farm. Nearly rolled it several times - it was too knackered to do wheel stands though. They had a much bigger, much more powerful International with a FEL and PTO, but I wasn't allowed to drive that one.
We were there early and sadly have to report that for the first time ever we did not find a single interesting/bargain part in Nambour !! Bummer ! Food at the Rotary Hut was still Good though .
Looking at your swap meet and comparing it with the swap meet in Fielding in NZ, they are miles apart. I have been going to the Palmy swap meet ( in Fielding) as its affectionately known, for thirty five years and its slowly gotten worse and worse, in my opinion. The stuff for sale is old junk and as for offering a price good luck with that. This year I stayed until sellers were leaving to watch them load up most of what they came with and take it home. A man should fly over to Oz for the weekend and go to your swap meet, if nothing else at least the weather should be better.
The place to go to buy the stuff you never knew you needed. That said Pre 80 stuff it's a good place to look. As a seller it has its advantages, Only messing around packing and setting up with no bs phone calls and missed appointments whilst you have let someone know where you are. My favorite was the trading post for parts and when the classifieds ruled you would sell stuff on the day instead of having to put up with people hanging around chasing old adds.
Castlemain 4 X "I reckon it was the wine that done it" .. Is that red shell at 9minutes a Mk 2 ford escort with a $250 dollar price label on it, seriously. That would sell for quite a bit more in England.
I told my wife when we'd started dating that the Nambour Swap Meet is my one day and on this particular day I was there before dawn with my 3yo, now 4, daughter. We had a blast and took home a literal ute load. Even she scored a few things for herself.
Used to love swap meets, not so much any more. All the good stuff is sold to other stall owners before they even open, most of the time people sell online except for old blokes who tend to not have parts for what I'm looking for.........or if they do, they magically know how to use the internet to justify the crazy expensive price on something,
What, nothing at the end... Woody, are you ok? Let me know. I'll come and help ya sell some merch in Gympie. Maybe bring a GR yaris rally or a GR corolla up for run.
How much do you want for the crab claw bottle opener? I'm in the market for one, for reasons. Also, you start to feel old when a VR is becoming a rarity, I beat the piss out of my VS wagon and it was cheap when I got it, it was less than 10 years old.
"Come to Gympie" said noone ever. But nah seriously come to Gympie's one, might get a good turnout if you setup a stall too, if ya lucky I might even lowball you for one of ya T-shirts 😉
Open the stall as julian said the quality was dropping off. You guys have lots of appeal to the younger generation and you could help the market stay relevant
Love to hate swap meets. Love swap meets, but it seems that all that ever happens is "this year is worse then the last" and "there's nothing here but I did find a couple pieces of garbage." Yeah. Terrible day. :)
Thing is now the sellers has this strange attitude that everything is worth 10x to them, with an attitude of well I have what you need so pay me. Just not for me. It all junk unless you need it to 100 point restor your garage queen. NO I DON'T anymore I can 3d print a new part now or buy repop parts. As a kid 40 yrs ago I could find deals on used HP+ parts, now they want more for a old intake than it cost new then. Cheaper to go new than fix old for HP gains.
I still manage to find the diamonds in the rough at swap-meets. I enjoy the travel in the country, overnight stays, the nervous excitement before the gates open, the smell of bbq sausage or bacon and egg sandwiches on a frosty morning. The different people you meet, some lovely, some interesting, some absolutely ferral. I have been wearing the same flannelette shirt to swap meets only, for 15 years. My wife once asked why I call it my 'swap-meet' shirt. I replied that you never go into a swap meet looking like you're loaded with money or the price of things goes up 50% 😅 (nothing wrong with the Austin, Peter Brock started in an Austin A30).
Attaway mate! Same reason I turn up to buy old cars in a beanie and canvas hivis with sleeves ripped to short sleeve length. "Yeah gotta get a ride sorted, sick of driving the missus car around."
The amount of random stuff ive bought at swap meets down in Adelaide is pure gold. Went to one to try it for the first time being a fresh 21 year old pup and i walked out with old metal working dollys, decent set of near new micrometers, original paint hk monaro boot lid with all the patina, Iron lion ecu and extractors All for $400. I was on cloud 9 that whole day
Defaintly try to get out when they are on because really you wont know what you will find until you go and look 🤷♂️
Bar set low by a crab claw bottle opener?? That is better than anything I’ve ever seen at a swap meet lol
I too thought a crab claw bottle opener would be very cool
Bottle opener made from an old spark plug?
I miss the good days of swap meets. Found plenty of parts, cool new projects, and fun. Definitely a good time spent with your mates.
That burger looks delicious.
Interesting all the Cruisers in the backdrop. You don't see that many of them together where I live, unless you go to an event or if Terrain tamer has a meet.
It is interesting how people are also strapped for cash at the moment there. It's the same thing where I live.
This reminds me of going to a gun show. You see soo much stuff that you would never be interested in but then there's one but of Gold you end up buying and it makes the whole day worth it.
Top shelf content lads. The random characters you run into, spotting random things in the background, it's as if we are there ourselves. 🤙
I think if you bumped into someone at a Swap meet you maybe able to track down someone or something obscure due to the pure amount of knowledgeable people in the community that congregate at such events. It’s all luck on the day and the atmosphere and adventure, that FB can never take away.
swap meet will always beat FB market-place for several reasons .. there's usually a car show , usually somewhere to buy food & drink , haggling/bartering with stall-holders is expected , you never know what you will find .. and it's always a good laugh buying ' gifts ' for each other when you're with some mates
Getting the Barry's to move to Mobile pay instead of cash is what kept them alive here in Finland as like busking no one under 50 carrys cash anymore
Good old Ferguson tractors. We had a few at one point. Nerd fact with those, the top arm on the 3 point hitch was revolutionary to its time because of the mechanism it stopped flipping of the tractor when plowing allowing the hitch to rise and (if I remember rightly) disengage drive in the event of a snag.
Our MF is dangerous the clutch has a spot mid pedal only a few microns in its stroke where it will disengage or the old girl will wheel stand i now drive it with one hand on the fuel cut just incase..
That tractor was crazy, I just found my father in law’s dad’s Ferguson and returned it to him for his 60th birthday! Wild to think Al is familiar with them halfway across the world!
Absolutely smashing couple of blokes are Al and Woody, glad to see you're still going strong (I've been away from UA-cam for ages). I've got to say though, I think you're criminally under subscribed for what you do. Don't get me wrong 270k people is an amazing achievement, it's just the content is the quality of 2.7M subscribers. Then you get these talentless, ugly, loud and shouty seppos with 12M subs and you start to wonder when the world collapsed. Sorry for the essay fellas, its just I'm so happy to see you again bit equally disgusted with humanity... :) :)
Woody's a hardcore lowballer, and proud of it. But then again it is all about the haggle.
Al, i also learned to drive on one of those! But in the States they were "Ford 9N's". Basically the same though. Now we have a Massey MF245 Diesel which is like the big brother version of the o.g.
We had the very same Ferguson on the croft at home as well as a Massey Ferguson 135 that we restored, great wee machines! 🏴
You can still find blokes that have never used the internet at swap meets.
Last swap meet I went to was 11 years ago.
Brought some AU falcon thermo fans for my SR 180. Still going strong today.
I used primera ones on my 180
I know you like your fishing Woody. We have a similar thing in the Redlands every 1/4 or so, the Boaties Markets at Victoria Point. Come down to the next one. Some bargains if ya get in early.
I went to an american/aussie hotrod swapmeet just for a look back in the 90s not expecting to find anything, but scored a rare as rocking hose poo cast metal grille for my '73 alfa gtv sitting on top of a pile of scrap for $20. Back then a mint unbroken one would fetch up to $500. Such a score, I never forgot it.
My dad had a TE20 when I was learning to drive and I cruised around on it a bit!
The auto swap meet in Northam WA usually has a good turn out.
Woody's laugh is golden 😂
Omg the tri power 348 wagon was the best part of the video. Those manifolds and carbureters fetch a pretty penny in the u.s.
6:47 was waiting for Woody to say “ what was he asking? “
For random rare mini parts in the U.K. the swap meets are still pretty useful
Should try Newark autojumbles
@@anthonyf3253 that’s probably my favourite . It’s only 20 miles from me too
@@TVtwarn haha no way, I’m 30miles in Stamford, love going their, came out with a dirt bike and air rifle last time
@@anthonyf3253 ah mad , I’m just outside Grantham on the a1 !
A mate runs a classic parts business in the UK , he says the same market place is the new swap meet , still love browsing through The parts though .
Oooh that Lancia head brought back the feels from the old Delta 1.6 H.F turbo 🥰
Good stuff lads.
I miss going to these Autojumbles
Every old guy loves a tractor..the amount of tractor chat I had to put up with at smoko time with my old boss who is now in his 70s 😂😂 like I'm meant to know what horsepower a massy from 1972 is meant to have...🤣🤣
Man i really love the TE20's, even though i was born in 90's i learned to drive on one as a six year old, helped drive the bale wagon as 7yearold. :)
"Something diferent today, we got money" )))))) lololoolol
Another awesome vid thanks guys! I think we all seem to have less time so mp is just easier. Swap meets are just much more fun but you do have to leave ya shed to go...
I learnt to deive in a grey EJ with a white roof just like the one in the carpark. The old 138 grey motor with the “3 on the tree” was a powerhouse! I think it still had crossply tyres :-)
Yoooo i saw that lifted falcon ute at a show in nowra! Looked brilliant!
Swap meets are the answer to buying and restoring a Kingswood or an old Falcon.
Swap meets are great, I'm more likely to give someone a deal in person. Someone right in front of you ready to buy is better then dickin' around on the interwebs !
yes!!!! head to gympie swap its the national chev festival
there will be tons of cool old school chevys
hope to see you there
Mate i would grab that lancia head, give it a good clean and mount it inside the middle of a glass coffee table.
This brought back some good memories! Unfortunately haven't been to a boot sale/swap meet for 20 odd years now - they were always a lot of fun, mostly just chatting more than spending. I too learned to drive on a Ferguson tractor - on a golf course though, not a farm. Nearly rolled it several times - it was too knackered to do wheel stands though. They had a much bigger, much more powerful International with a FEL and PTO, but I wasn't allowed to drive that one.
Those 1.6SV gaskets would do good here in the Netherlands, needed those parts at least twice a few years ago 😂
THANK YOU
The Viking Tavern at Milperra used to have a good swap meet.
Haha, only us old dudes understand the irony of that comment.
My dad helps organise swap meets in the lockyer valley and has noticed a drop in stall holders and customers.
Ballarat super swap has always delivered the wins. Sadly it is not running until a new venue comes along.
I've got the same old tractor on my farm in the southwest. It's currently upside down after doing the firebreaks.
We were there early and sadly have to report that for the first time ever we did not find a single interesting/bargain part in Nambour !! Bummer ! Food at the Rotary Hut was still Good though .
Did Al say he's got a mate with a bike engined Micra?
Would love to see a video of that.
Good video, do more swap meets. I did like that HK with the V6 in it
Toowoomba swap in February is probably one of the biggest and best to go too.
Rocky's a good one too
Iv gotta come clean, installing a monster tacho is how i found mighty car mods.. ah the memories of cruizn in da pulsar.
Finally some Chrysler content 😅👌🏽
Please keep doing this stuff it's great
_Bye, have a beautiful time!_
Maybe Al can find some sunnys for Woody that aren’t from the 3d cinema
never late in the 3.8 lmaoooo
Will keep an eye out for yas at old gympie town ;)
Up in Nambour. At least it should be rust free XD
Don’t knock the old silver faced monster tacho bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣
the orange 4 door mk2 escort shell would be worth a fortune in the uk!!
Looking at your swap meet and comparing it with the swap meet in Fielding in NZ, they are miles apart. I have been going to the Palmy swap meet ( in Fielding) as its affectionately known, for thirty five years and its slowly gotten worse and worse, in my opinion. The stuff for sale is old junk and as for offering a price good luck with that. This year I stayed until sellers were leaving to watch them load up most of what they came with and take it home. A man should fly over to Oz for the weekend and go to your swap meet, if nothing else at least the weather should be better.
The place to go to buy the stuff you never knew you needed.
That said Pre 80 stuff it's a good place to look.
As a seller it has its advantages, Only messing around packing and setting up with no bs phone calls and missed appointments whilst you have let someone know where you are.
My favorite was the trading post for parts and when the classifieds ruled you would sell stuff on the day instead of having to put up with people hanging around chasing old adds.
Ah! The Trading Post, those were the days.
@@adrianzmajla4844Thursday night feed was burger,Big M and trading post.
Castlemain 4 X "I reckon it was the wine that done it" ..
Is that red shell at 9minutes a Mk 2 ford escort with a $250 dollar price label on it, seriously. That would sell for quite a bit more in England.
Rad shades there Woody. Do you have a link.
That last vendor may have been Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy is god, also rip we miss you
I told my wife when we'd started dating that the Nambour Swap Meet is my one day and on this particular day I was there before dawn with my 3yo, now 4, daughter. We had a blast and took home a literal ute load. Even she scored a few things for herself.
Woody has taken the place of dame Edna
Every swap meet I go to I always look for workshop manuals
Used to love swap meets, not so much any more. All the good stuff is sold to other stall owners before they even open, most of the time people sell online except for old blokes who tend to not have parts for what I'm looking for.........or if they do, they magically know how to use the internet to justify the crazy expensive price on something,
I miss swap meets
Come
To Maitland nsw one it’s huge
What, nothing at the end... Woody, are you ok?
Let me know. I'll come and help ya sell some merch in Gympie. Maybe bring a GR yaris rally or a GR corolla up for run.
Bedford parts guy is interested!
11:06 old mate saying he has done well because no ones got money, sellers are just asking stupidly high prices.
I wish we had swap meets like these around here. All our sellers have are ancient scrap metal and useless trash.
If you want to know more about Ferguson tractors, or any other old tractors. Hit me up Alan. Lol.
How much do you want for the crab claw bottle opener? I'm in the market for one, for reasons.
Also, you start to feel old when a VR is becoming a rarity, I beat the piss out of my VS wagon and it was cheap when I got it, it was less than 10 years old.
Only in Australia you can find some good "bah-gains"... 😁😜🤟
Hey its not our fault the brits decided Rs aren't needed anymore
I have a lapredi lancia 2000cc block. Its not rubbish
Nothing wrong with Toyota crowns
Didn't you buy the kawasaki beam blaster? 🤠👍
Any Toecutters about?
Отличное место похоже на рай! Я бы установил посередине палатку и жил там. И каждое утро ходил за покупками. Жена бы выгнала меня из дома!🤣🤣🤣
I know that bloke you got Nissan manual off lol
Like it
Before HALTEC 7 😆😆😆😂
"Come to Gympie" said noone ever.
But nah seriously come to Gympie's one, might get a good turnout if you setup a stall too, if ya lucky I might even lowball you for one of ya T-shirts 😉
should get the rx7 and do 12a turbo blow threw carby build on e85
Open the stall as julian said the quality was dropping off.
You guys have lots of appeal to the younger generation and you could help the market stay relevant
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I think I may have the hot wheels you're after. 62 faurlane coupe in blue? Real riders?
Can you please find Woody a new pair of sunnies...
Love to hate swap meets. Love swap meets, but it seems that all that ever happens is "this year is worse then the last" and "there's nothing here but I did find a couple pieces of garbage." Yeah. Terrible day. :)
8:11 I think the right word is "Moist"....
nothing after Patreon credits this week boys
Dyno tune V2
Swaps are still alive but the only car parts involved are keys. Just as many woodys and seedy old dudes though.
Ca18 side mount for $20... 😢
Were those carrots on the burg?
I think it was coleslaw, or something similar
Sell ya a hj tonner woody, im asking 35k ... that way you will barta me down to somthing closer to what im after 😂😂
Thing is now the sellers has this strange attitude that everything is worth 10x to them, with an attitude of well I have what you need so pay me. Just not for me. It all junk unless you need it to 100 point restor your garage queen. NO I DON'T anymore I can 3d print a new part now or buy repop parts. As a kid 40 yrs ago I could find deals on used HP+ parts, now they want more for a old intake than it cost new then. Cheaper to go new than fix old for HP gains.