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It's Fall weather out here, which is a byword for atrocious. My buddy had been wanting to get out of town for a few days on a roadtrip, so we planned a 10 day trip around the famous Pomona (CA) swap meet. We had heard a lot about it and decided it would be a great time to check it out. And since I'd never been to California, all the better. I'll have a few more posts in the coming days on other things we visited on this trip, including Yosemite, the Petersen Auto Museum, Shelby Headquarters etc. But for now this is the 1st log.

We normally visit the Portland Swap Meet. This meet in comparison was enormous (and the Portland meet is huge). There were literally 1000's of cars for sale (yes I got the number right). We couldn't even check out most of the cars since there were so many. Most of the cars in the pics were for sale. The best thing was all the cars were very affordable. Nothing was overpriced. If the car was a project, or driver quality, or show quality, they reflected the prices you'd expect. And it was pretty neat since occasionally you'd have drivers going up and down the strip in the swap meet, so you could check out more cars driving around. The only downside was that it was 94 degrees, no wind, and all on asphalt with no shade, so it was incredibly hot, especially for 2 dudes who're from Alaska and not used to that heat. But worth it. I'll probably have to break this post up into 2 pages due to the number of pictures. Anyways, the pics follow!

The entrance to the meet


Cars driving around. Supercharged Mustang in the back. Not sure how he was avoiding overheating driving around that slow in the heat


Lincolns for sale





Old Studebaker. Great condition


Mustang


Pontiac LeMans. I'm partial to any old Pontiacs. Really well engineered, fun, and powerful cars




1970 Mustang Mach 1


1980 Camaro


1990 Camaro


Beautiful Old Chevy for sale








Legendary Buick Grand National for sale. These are really cool and desirable cars. I'd like to drive one of those someday, but wouldn't ever be able to afford one


Former Navy Surplus Ford for sale








Ford Gran Torino. This body style was only made for 2 years, and they're very good looking cars


67 Pontiac Firebird. This one wasn't for sale, just displayed


1971 Mustang Mach 1


Old Toyota FJ for sale


1960's vintage Jeep Cherokee for sale. I had one of these a few years ago. Don't miss them at all. They look great but are nightmares. They're fun when they run, operative words being "when they run"


Good looking front


Pontiac GTO. This one wasn't for sale I don't think


Beautiful chopped "Lead Sled" 50's Mercury. Amazing workmanship. Thing was a work of art.






Even the front hood emblem was redone!

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Beautiful 1967 Pontiac GTO


This Chevy K5 Blazer 4x4 was a great deal. Always loved these. Seriously considered it, but luckily I don't have any more room to store a 4th vehicle!


Nice 1977 project Trans-Am





1963 Ford Falcon


Immaculate old Toyota truck (Back to the Future!)


Nice late 80's Fox Body Mustang


Another Mach 1





Old Dodge truck for sale


Another nice 4x4 Blazer for sale


Chevy Apache for sale








Chevy Nova for sale. This one was in great shape. Very desirable and sought after cars





Another very sought after and rare car. 1969 Camaro Pace Car. $70k for this one, and I'll bet it sold


Tent where some cars were stored. A respite from the heat














1967 Chevy Camaro





Another beaut that I'm obviously very biased towards. 1971 Pontiac Firebird Formula. That entire hood was fiberglass from the factory, since they didn't have the technology at the time to cast a metal hood with those scoops


Fully functional scoops that shoveled air into the 6.6 Liter Pontiac engine. It's thought that they were more functional than the rear facing hood scoop in the Trans-Ams (which I have), and I tend to agree


Another beaut. 1969 Chevy Nova


Beefed up old Chevy Square Body truck





Some weirdness that's a California Subculture I guess. Not my thing, but I totally appreciate the insane workmanship.

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Old Jeep for sale. My buddy who's a Jeep guy said that this was way past the point of usefulness of a lift, and needed to be dropped by 4 inches to be usable offroad. I agree.


Beautiful old Cadillac for sale


Hertz color scheme Mustang for sale. Didn't look at the price, but I bet it was pricey.


Plum crazy purple 1968 Dodge Charger


1986 Fox Body Mustang for sale


1977 Pontiac Trans-Am for sale. This one was a very good price for a mostly original 1977. It needed work, but was drivable. The engine wasn't original-I think it had a late 1960's or early 1970's Oldsmobile 455 engine in it











Beautiful 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am. Mine is white.





Buick V8 swapped Bug. You can see the engine jut out the back of the car





Camaro





Another beautiful and immaculate Cadillac for sale. These cars are huge. They dwarf any of the later muscle cars in size. But these aren't muscle cars, they're luxury, so that explains the even bigger size


Another one of my favorites. All original 1971 Pontiac Firebird Formula for sale

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Originally Posted by AKTransAM

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Beautiful 1967 Pontiac GTO
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Excellent collection out there, with the Pontiac GTO being my favourite.

It would have been a treat to watch all of them at the same place. Did you end up buying anything

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Originally Posted by gauravdgr8

Excellent collection out there, with the Pontiac GTO being my favourite.

It would have been a treat to watch all of them at the same place. Did you end up buying anything

Not this time! I was tempted by the Blazer, and would have considered it if I was looking for another 4x4 toy. Luckily I remembered I don't have any more room for vehicles