The Auto Parts Flea Market at Hershey (Day One)

Ok, where to start? This thing is sponsored by the Antique Automobile Club of America, so program the GPS for their museum, which is the only address I have for them. Got to Hershey easily enough, and while heading for the museum we passed an awful lot of activity, which we finally realized was the flea market. Headed for the available parking lot, and realized that it was going to be a long walk, so opted to use the disabled parking pass and see how that worked. Worked great. Parked right next to the flea market.

Now the largest gathering of this type that I had been to was the Extravaganza antique show at Springfield, OH. Joyce and I went there earlier this year. It was so large that I could not cover the entire show in the six hours that we spent there.

I mention this, because we need something to compare with today's experience. Joyce and I spent six hours at the flea market today and barely dragged ourselves out, we were so tired. We covered a fifth of the area. We will return tomorrow to do some more, but there is no way that we can see it all.

Bought a few things - some ignition switches, some keys (nothing special), an auto supply sales catalog. One thing that I was looking for was some Model T Ford keys to fill in the gaps in my collection. I found none. None! Not some really worn ones, not some prohibitively high priced ones - none. At all. And I couldn't understand why. I know there is a market for them. I see them on e-bay all the time. I finally mentioned this to one of the vendors there and asked him why he supposed there were no Model T keys there. His reply: "Why you don't need a key to a Model T - it's easy to just hot-wire it."

Maybe tomorrow.