After a long winter, hundreds of people showed up in Effingham for the swap meet put on by The Real Source.. There were not as many swap booths as a summer show, but considering it was the first spring show/swap meet they has put on the turnout was good. It was great to root around in greasy old boxes for the needed treasure. The weather was perfect (for Illinois in spring), and the food was marginal. Shell Tomlinson was there with a booth for the VW Club of America. The Corvette folks were there too (no fighting, the cars are too different). A 1984 Brazillian Combi was there for sale for $2,200. 00 An interesting combination of old an new, with very little rust. Like many Midwest shows, there were a few rusted POS for sale, the kind that the California guys wouldn't think were even worth junking, much less restoring. Also your later nightmare was an Invader GT "Project" that from a distance looked interesting, but on closer inspection you could see where most of the chassis work had been done poorly and would have to be done again. ($800.00, no takers). A couple of better cars too were sold. The swap meet was a 450 mile round trip for me. I came home with an $8.00 emergency flasher switch. Was it worth it? Ya, it was............ Jim Schield
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