Rallye469

Remember the year it snowed?!?!?!?
The aisles were mud, and we were walking around on planks!
This weather looks great!

Sorry about your mechanical failures Joe.
I’m leaving at noon.
-peter

joe_padavano

On site. The place is packed. Never seen this many vendors already set up on Wed morning.

OLD SKL 69

Glad to hear you got there and that many vendors are set up already Joe. Working today, will be there tomorrow through Saturday.

mpolds

Hey Joe P.,
Glad you made it here safe and sound, what with your disruption...
See ya' at my I I 118 - 119 when you are MOBILE !!!!
Yours, Craig....

69 Hurst

Glad you made it Joe. Was planning to come down on Thursday and see you but have had a couple of family issues pop up.

Good luck!

Bigmikey65

Little breezy today but great to see so many people setting up. Lots of quality stuff. Looks like there are deals to be had.

Rallye469

Can we get a list of where the Olds guys are?
What lots?
-peter

Bigmikey65

Fusick and a few other guys are a short walk from Gate 7.

joe_padavano

First time this car has ever seen snow

Vintage Chief

Thankfully we don't see your legs sticking out from the underside as I believe they were in your pictures from last year. It would be a tad chilly laying on the ground.

joe_padavano

It's a "tad" chilly just standing around.

Oldsmaniac

Just got back, left at 4AM. Yeah the snow squall was a bit crazy. Vendors started to cover stuff so we headed to the truck for an early lunch. The sun came out and it was back to the hunt. We dressed warm and overall a nice but chilly day and a great turnout. So I never dreamed I would come across a bit rusty but nos left drivers quarter for a 66-67 wagon. Of course I bought it even though my wagon resto is done. Picked up some stuff from Fusick and there were a few Olds finds as well.

Rallye469

I’ve never attended “Winter Carlisle”
But a pretty good year for Olds vendors. I’ve found some good stuff.

-Peter

tkheld

Does anyone know if Tri-City Plating is there? I called last week and they said they weren’t sure. I need to drop a couple bumpers with them.

Oldsmaniac

I did not see them, didn't look hard but commented to Bob that we didn't see TriCity

OLD SKL 69

Got here yesterday and drove though the snow squalls. Will get onto the fairgrounds today, AllI can say is like Joe said, this place is packed!

OLD SKL 69

The traffic was so bad this morning I could not even get in. I spent an hour in the car and I moved about a half a mile. Oh well, went to Gettysburg battlefield today instead. Will try again tomorrow morning.

Rallye469

Not sure where you’re staying(probably on RT.11?)...but theres a back way into the grounds.
Although even THAT took :45 this morning

-peter

mpolds

Carlisle today:
Drop dead gorgeous weather --- And Carlisle was PACKED with people....
Aisles were full, All day, Morning, Noon, and Afternoon...
We surmised that Carlisle hasn't had this grand an attendance in 10 years !!!!!

Every vendor I have spoken to these last couple days has a double thumbs up for sales...
Don't know about the 1580 cheapie tools dealers though -- Could they have all done exceptionally well all selling the same things ??? (I really don't care, though !!!)

Tomorrow should be glorious again.... If you have a desire to get out of the house for the first time in 13 months, come on up or down to Carlisle, enjoy the great outdoors, regain your sanity by regaining your life !!!

And, have no fear... When they halt all activities at 9;00 A.M. to play our national anthem,
Everyone is standing at attention, --- NO Kneeling here ---..... See ya' in the A.M......

scrappie

Good to hear

chopolds

What a great day! Great weather, and amazing attendance. Haven\t seen this much traffic, or this many people in YEARS! Tri City Plating WAS there, but I thought I heard they would only be there on Thurs. and Fri. I dropped off my 56 Olds front bumper to them. Saw your wagon there, Joe, didn't know it was yours, but we were all admiring it. Lucked out and found an Edelbrock Performer intake for my 455, so now I don't have to wait until mid summer, IF production starts up again/
And to top it all off, we got to go to Monk's Cafe in Philly, on the way home, for beer and mussels. Glad they re-opened, by it's amazing seeing the difference in mask wearing from Carlisle, to the 'big city'.
Oh, and if anyone's interested, I did see a guy in the first row (row P) selling an NOS 56 Olds top bumper section. $475.

Bigmikey65

Anybody find any rare goodies ?

WHIPOLDS

Joe - I stopped by your space on Thursday morning to say Hi. It was during the snow squall . Your wagon was getting a lot of attention. I did get a few things at Fusick.
Rick

Oldsmaniac

Beside the wagon quarter panel I picked up a 72 bumper/core support filler plate needed for my brother's 72 and a stick bell housing filler plate. 67 stuff was scarce as always didn't see anything else I needed and decided I could wait to drop close to 200 bucks for a set of repro floor mats from Fusick. The last few swaps I did not see Restoration Specialties. I would have picked up some molding clips and windlace...

mpolds

Just leaving Carlisle.... Paid for next year's spaces on the way out (to save the 5 % -- why not -- they are due in 90 days at full price...)
I got finished packing up at 6:21 last night, and the rains started at 6:42 P.M. --- I made it by
21 minutes !!!
It rained all through the night --- heavy at times --- you until 7:00 A.M....
I saw two guys walking up my aisle , one dragging a cart... Unless they are dumpster diving, they have to walk 60 - 80 spots to see a vendor still there...

old greybeard

Joes wagon showed up on a Central PA car club Facebook page:

Vintage Chief

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Tj Pal

Had a pretty good day Friday. I met Joe P and his cool wagon, found some things to re-sell at at an antique shop where my wife, my son and myself rent a couple of spots. I got some things for my 64 F85 from Fusick, great customer service. Except for having trouble finding parking because of crowds I haven’t seen in twenty years, it was a great time!

joe_padavano

Kewl, thanks for posting that. They unfortunately got their production figures wrong, The 1,887 number that they listed was only for the base model wagons with three seats. There were also 3,204 two seat base wagons and 4,974 Deluxe wagons made. Mine is one of those Deluxe wagons.

All-in-all, had a great time. One of the highlights of the trip was my new Coleman propane-powered drip coffee maker. After nearly 25 years, I've finally gotten a good cup of coffee at Carlisle.

Thanks to all who stopped by to say hi, and sorry if I was gone when others tried to come by. Bought a few Olds parts, but mainly tools, supplies, and parts for the 84 GMC crewcab that I'm currently building. And to bookend the week, our trip home ended the way it started. The camper got exactly a mile from the fairgrounds and died on Hanover St. in the middle of Carlisle. My friend had it towed to a local shop and will deal with it Monday; I drove him home. Fortunately it's only about 90 minutes to get there. While the tow truck was hooking up, we chatted with a Carlisle police officer. She said that the traffic backups on Friday were mainly due to PennDOT construction on the freeway.

Rallye469

Not sure if I’d say “rare” but scored:
-NOS f-85 script CHEAP
-radio delete plate
-NOS hood molding(but does have blemish)
-arm rest bases
-drive quality seat belts
All for the 65’s
-peter