Every spring and fall, I play hooky for a day and go to the Carlisle Collector Car Show and Swap Meet in Carlisle, PA. Usually I'm looking for slot car stuff or maybe parts for my 1:1 Impala, but since I've recently been bitten by the banana seat bug, I kept my eyes out for musclebikes too when I went today. This is most of what I saw:
His 'n hers Rollfast Skoots. These seemed like a great deal. The guy wanted $80 for the boys, $45 for the girls, and said he'd take $100 for both. Here's a better shot of the boys':
This guy had 2 interesting bikes:
Pretty sure this one said Columbia Playboy. Talk about a wacky seat. After I took this, I saw the bike parked at various places as I rode around--someone was using it to cruise around the show. Towards the end of the day, there was a sign hanging from the seat that said For Sale-$100. Not sure if it was this vendor riding it around or someone else who got it cheap and was looking to flip it.
He also had this Huffy:
This guy had a bunch of motorcycle stuff and this:
I think the price tag on the seat said $175.
Then there was this one, which made me sad. This is my dream bike, but I wasn't really there bike shopping and I didn't have the $175 the guy was asking. The front tire was pretty shredded, and I doubt the grips are original, but other than that it looked pretty complete.
There was also a drop dead gorgeous Huffy Rail in metallic green that the guy said was never sold new... he had all the original paperwork and the little plastic caps on the ends of the axles and such. The chain guard had a picture of a dragster on it and I'm pretty sure it said TROPHY CS... the guy told me that meant Cheater Slick, which the bike had on the back. Sadly, I suffered a monumental brain fart and didn't think to take a picture of the bike...
There were also lots of Krates, both originals and BFKs. Dunno why I didn't get pics of those... guess I didn't think of it because there always seem to be lots of them there. It was killing me that guys were trying to sell rusty BFKs for $75-$100 or more.
Anybody else hit Carlisle today?
--rick
His 'n hers Rollfast Skoots. These seemed like a great deal. The guy wanted $80 for the boys, $45 for the girls, and said he'd take $100 for both. Here's a better shot of the boys':
This guy had 2 interesting bikes:
Pretty sure this one said Columbia Playboy. Talk about a wacky seat. After I took this, I saw the bike parked at various places as I rode around--someone was using it to cruise around the show. Towards the end of the day, there was a sign hanging from the seat that said For Sale-$100. Not sure if it was this vendor riding it around or someone else who got it cheap and was looking to flip it.
He also had this Huffy:
This guy had a bunch of motorcycle stuff and this:
I think the price tag on the seat said $175.
Then there was this one, which made me sad. This is my dream bike, but I wasn't really there bike shopping and I didn't have the $175 the guy was asking. The front tire was pretty shredded, and I doubt the grips are original, but other than that it looked pretty complete.
There was also a drop dead gorgeous Huffy Rail in metallic green that the guy said was never sold new... he had all the original paperwork and the little plastic caps on the ends of the axles and such. The chain guard had a picture of a dragster on it and I'm pretty sure it said TROPHY CS... the guy told me that meant Cheater Slick, which the bike had on the back. Sadly, I suffered a monumental brain fart and didn't think to take a picture of the bike...
There were also lots of Krates, both originals and BFKs. Dunno why I didn't get pics of those... guess I didn't think of it because there always seem to be lots of them there. It was killing me that guys were trying to sell rusty BFKs for $75-$100 or more.
Anybody else hit Carlisle today?
--rick
