I think I mentioned in a previous post that I was taking my '87 GTI 16C to the Fall Antique Car Show at Hershey, PA. The show on Saturday was great. A good number of people stopped by my GTI 16V on the show field to talk about GTI 16Vs they owned, Salespeople who sold them back in the day and VW Techs that worked at dealerships back in the day that worked on them. Also on the field was a 1987 VW Cabriolet with 201 original miles. Sadly, back in the day the owner purchased the vehicle and then was diagnosed with M.S. He kept the car but could not drive it. He is not doing well at all these days but I did get to talk with him for a few minutes at the show. It was great to see him enjoying himself.
This event is probably the largest event of it's kind in the U.S.A. and it attracts people from all 50 states and many foreign countries. One of the things I really enjoy about this show is the automotive flea market. With 9,000 vendor spaces (each 10'x30') and 1,200 cars for sale it is one HUGE automotive toy store. Over the years I have resigned myself to the fact that finding parts in the flea market for my old watercooled VWs was not going to happen. Another couple I am friend with that owns air cooled VWs love to go to events like this. The husband has always told me that finding VW parts in events like this is like an Easter Egg Hunt. If you look real hard you never know what you will find. Well this year I found a lot of easter eggs for my older VWs and even my Toyota Tundra. Found 3 brand new in the box fuel filters, 2 for my A1s and 1 for my A2s. Also found an A1 coolant tank in really good shape as well as other bits and pieces. After some tag team haggling I walked away with the parts at a very good price. The next day I was walking by a parts vendor and I saw a bunch of filters sitting in a pile on a table. I recognized the oil filter as the one I use on my V8 Tundra. Turns out the engine air and cabin air filters the oil filter was sitting on fit my Tundra as well.Needless to say picking up all 3 for $15 made my day since that saved me more than a few $$$. Given that this event tends to focus on more non-foreign vehicles it is easy to understand why there are not a lot of watercooled VW or Toyota parts. That tends to work to one's advantage since these parts are an afterthought and something many vendors just want to get rid of. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/6af14835-575f-4539-971e-26ef9172a293%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
