38th annual Pate Swap Meet

[briney]

Anyone planning on attending the 38th annual Pate Swap Meet in DFW TX this weekend? I plan to be there Saturday morning.

Patrick / Dallas TX   

Below is a link to their website and some infrormation about the meet.

http://www.pateswapmeet.com/


The 38th annual Pate Swap Meet will be held on the paved surface outside the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, on April 29 through May 2, 2010. The Pate Swap Meet, one of the three largest swap meets in the country, has more than a quarter of a century history of auto swap meets and is recognized internationally for its diversity of automotive products offered by its vendors. Vendors from across the country will fill the vast acreage with everything automotive -- from cars to hard-to-find car parts and related items.

The Pate Swap Meet is the fund raising effort of seventeen Texas antique automobile clubs. The first swap meet held by this organization took place on the grounds of the Pate Museum of Transportation in 1973. This event grew tremendously during the 26 years that it was held on the grounds surrounding the museum. Changes in the long term usage of much of this property forced the swap meet to seek a new location. In 1998, the Pate Swap Meet moved to the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. These new facilities provide ample parking for all visitors to the swap meet, easy access to and from Interstate 35, unlimited space for camper parking during the event, and a vast amount of paved space for the swap meet to expand in the future.

[RICH MUISE]

I try never to miss it. Took me 2 days to recooperate from all the walking I did the first time I went. That's one big *** swap meet. I think I'm going down from Amarillo Friday. haven't decided for sure...I like to drive down thursday night and spend the night at exit 1 on I-35 in Oklahoma taking care of my other vice.
One big drive...one big casino...one big racetrack and one big swap meet...Maybe I'm getting too old for this.
Are you going as a spectator, or as a vendor?, and is there anything your looking for that I might have?
I just checked the weather forcast...scattered thunderstorms fri and sat. Same forcast as last year...never rained a drop while I was there.

[briney]

Just going like every year.  One year I purchased some new wheels for my ranchero, other years picked up license plates and some early speed equipment.  You just never know what you will find.

Patrick / Dallas TX