Re: [HSS] Ballarat swap meet

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In a message dated 2/28/06 4:32:47 AM, barrysweet52@yahoo.com writes:

In Australia there are only 2 huge swaps. Bendigo & Ballarat - both in Victoria. Im sure there are bigger swaps and more in the USA, but this is Aust.



I went on to Melbourne and picked up 2 motors and some NOS parts from a club member, then to the swap. I had booked a site, so this allowed me to camp on site. The swap was at the local Ballarat airport. I walked up & down the rows of sites looking for Hud parts. 8 hours on Friday and another 6 hours on Saturday. Parts are getting hard to find.



In 2 weeks Im off again. I won some 1930 Hud parts on Ebay for $225Aust. The text then said it was 1928 parts. Photos showed it was 1926. Just have to drive 1000kms to get there. Only one other bidder. If no one bids, parts often go to the rubbish dump or China as scrap metal.







Thanks for the report. With all of the cars that Hudson exported we often expect to run across scads of stuff squirreled away in odd corners. It seems sad that treasure that has lasted so many years is now just sent off to be scrapped now.



Paul