The Ford Barn

emf · 01-06-2017, 01:06 PM

Just a quick question... I have a chance to see the Harrah Museum in Sparks this April and might be able to catch the swap meet in Bakersfield. How good is it for early stuff? On another forum, everyone raved about Chickasha but I found it mixed. The good stuff was inside and available via catalogs and the rest was outside and fit for the junk man. Don't get me wrong, but I've thrown out better stuff and most looked like it came from the bottom of a creek...

Frank

harryc · 01-06-2017, 04:31 PM

It's good for early car parts--very little Model A stuff---overall great meet if the good

harryc · 01-06-2017, 04:32 PM

the weather is good

harryc · 01-06-2017, 04:35 PM

great meet if the weather is good

Dodge · 01-07-2017, 12:38 AM

Always wanted to go, maybe this year.

trulyvintage · 01-07-2017, 09:45 AM

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Bakersfield is like going to a good swap meet & finding the 10% good stuff nearly 100% of the time.

A lot of vendors never fire up a computer - don't even have a business card.

Jim

Juggler · 01-07-2017, 02:13 PM

At San Diego I can buy maybe one thing on every 10th stall

At Bakersfield I want to buy most everything on every stall

Not the biggest, but probably my favourite

SSsssteamer · 01-07-2017, 03:43 PM

Bakersfield is a pre-war swap meet and Bakersfield saves a lot of the time lost digging through the piles of newer parts found at the other swap meets. The model T Ford parts are the most represented parts at Bakersfield as well as model T the buyers that are present too. Model A parts are the next most common parts there. The low rusted California sheet metal parts are very common at Bakersfield as compared to the other swap meets across the country. One year after the Bakersfield meet was over, I went around to the trash barrels and collected enough free rejected model A Tudor sheet metal to help build up a model A for my grandson. We have to drive 1,200 miles one way to get to the Bakersfield Swap Meet and it is well worth our time to annually attend. I used to attend the Chickasaw Swap meet in Oklahoma, but their weather is usually too terrible that time of year to attend.

emf · 01-07-2017, 04:32 PM

Thanks guys, we are in the planning stages right now. Looks like we fly into Reno to see Harrah's then go down to the swap meet. Sounds encouraging...

Frank

Steve Plucker · 01-07-2017, 05:15 PM

Depends just how bad the smell of oil is coming from Oildale!

01-06-2017, 01:06 PM	#1
emf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hudson, NY Posts: 568	How good is Bakersfield in April? Just a quick question... I have a chance to see the Harrah Museum in Sparks this April and might be able to catch the swap meet in Bakersfield. How good is it for early stuff? On another forum, everyone raved about Chickasha but I found it mixed. The good stuff was inside and available via catalogs and the rest was outside and fit for the junk man. Don't get me wrong, but I've thrown out better stuff and most looked like it came from the bottom of a creek... Frank

01-06-2017, 04:31 PM	#2
harryc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: CA Posts: 213	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? It's good for early car parts--very little Model A stuff---overall great meet if the good

01-06-2017, 04:32 PM	#3
harryc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: CA Posts: 213	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? the weather is good

01-06-2017, 04:35 PM	#4
harryc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: CA Posts: 213	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? great meet if the weather is good

01-07-2017, 12:38 AM	#5
Dodge Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sonoma, CA. Posts: 1,568	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? Always wanted to go, maybe this year.

01-07-2017, 09:45 AM	#6
trulyvintage Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Direct Enclosed Transport Since 2006 Posts: 4,854	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Bakersfield is like going to a good swap meet & finding the 10% good stuff nearly 100% of the time. A lot of vendors never fire up a computer - don't even have a business card. Jim __________________ Click Here To See Where I Am Today What My Actual Customers Say Click Here Click Here To See Vehicles I Have Hauled

01-07-2017, 02:13 PM	#7
Juggler Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Phoenix AZ/Bath UK Posts: 483	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? At San Diego I can buy maybe one thing on every 10th stall At Bakersfield I want to buy most everything on every stall Not the biggest, but probably my favourite

01-07-2017, 03:43 PM	#8
SSsssteamer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sedro-Woolley, WA Posts: 1,023	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? Bakersfield is a pre-war swap meet and Bakersfield saves a lot of the time lost digging through the piles of newer parts found at the other swap meets. The model T Ford parts are the most represented parts at Bakersfield as well as model T the buyers that are present too. Model A parts are the next most common parts there. The low rusted California sheet metal parts are very common at Bakersfield as compared to the other swap meets across the country. One year after the Bakersfield meet was over, I went around to the trash barrels and collected enough free rejected model A Tudor sheet metal to help build up a model A for my grandson. We have to drive 1,200 miles one way to get to the Bakersfield Swap Meet and it is well worth our time to annually attend. I used to attend the Chickasaw Swap meet in Oklahoma, but their weather is usually too terrible that time of year to attend.

01-07-2017, 04:32 PM	#9
emf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hudson, NY Posts: 568	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? Thanks guys, we are in the planning stages right now. Looks like we fly into Reno to see Harrah's then go down to the swap meet. Sounds encouraging... Frank

01-07-2017, 05:15 PM	#10
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	Re: How good is Bakersfield in April? Depends just how bad the smell of oil is coming from Oildale!