The Road Warriors Arrive!
August 17, 2010
Cecil Weipert, Barry Margolis and Bill Strall, Sonny Dolezel Bill’s 1949 Packard, Sonny’s 1966 Mercury Pickup, Cecil’s 1964 1/2 Mustang and Barry’s 1968 Cougar Convertible Our last newsletter introduced you four young at heart cool guys. These gentlemen planned to drive their classic autos from Florida to Chicago to connect with old route 66 and ...
OH! Canada
August 17, 2010
What could be more beautiful than a Canadian sunset? A Canadian sunrise of course! That is, unless you are one of the thousands of Canadian motor heads, then your idea of true beauty is a fully restored, totally customized 1932 Ford Roadster. Recently, our Pomona Swap Meet Vice President, Kim Cross has been receiving copies ...
The Great Cover Up
May 30, 2010
The Great Cover Up The operative word is "great"! A great company with great people! What is the first thing we car owners do to dress up our engine compartment other than reduce the dirt and grease with our handy spray washer? We add a set of shiny, smooth, chromed valve covers. Back in the olden days, "BC" (before chrome), we painted the valve covers and any other part of the engine we could reach with a spray can....
Old Guys Route 66
May 30, 2010
GO WEST YOUNG MAN! GO WEST YOUNG AT HEART MEN! THERE’S NO COOL LIKE AN OLD COOL! How about four young at heart cool guys? One thing that makes them cool (at least in my eyes) is that they are old classic car guys, or classic guys in old cars. No matter, they decided to embark on an adventure filled trek across our great country....
The Pomona Swap Meet Suits Our Men And Women In Uniform To A “T”
April 14, 2010
Well, actually… a “T”-shirt! TASK FORCE MUSTANG 1/144 FA In the movie, “The Wizard of OZ”, Dorothy says, “There is no place like home.” When we travel, we all look forward to getting back home, especially if it’s here in the good ol’ US of A. Home is where the heart is; home sweet home, ...
The PACHUCO BOMBS are the real thing!
February 23, 2010
Actually, Ernest Ruiz, the founder and president of the Pachuco Bombs Car Club sells the real things. Like many of the vendors at the Pomona Swap, Meet Ernest got into the parts business because of his love for vintage automobiles. Like the rest of us he never really gets finished with his restoration project. He has been working on his 1939 Chevrolet for several years....
Thank You Visitors and Vendors
January 7, 2010
We, at the Pomona Swap Meet want to thank all of our visitors and all of our wonderful vendors for a year that could have been a disaster and yet, because of you, was a success. Of course like all other small businesses ours was down from previous years, but with your help, we managed....
Are You Slipping, Shudderring, Clanging When You Take Off? You Need A Fix, A Transmission Fix!
January 7, 2010
I just finished a telephone conversation with a delightful lady named Alex Ramirez. It’s not unusual to have a chat with a lovely lady, it is unusual to discuss Ford 4R70W electronic controlled 4 speed automatic transmission with an over drive gear and lock-up feature. Or a GM TH-400 automatic transmission built to handle the high horsepower of the big block Chevy engine....
We Are America
November 30, 2009
WE ARE AMERICA… and we had better start acting like it. We are small business and we are the backbone of the economy in our country. Small businesses and entrepreneurial endeavor are as American as apple pie, as patriotic as the flag, and more real and necessary as any members of, or decisions made by federal or state government. We have and should continue to be the largest job provider in the country....
You Light Up Our Lives
November 30, 2009
Well, sort of. You certainly light up our cars. Albrico is the featured vendor in this issue of the Pomona Swap Meet Newsletter. Albrico, owned, founded and operated by Al Schioppi, is one of our valued long time vendors. For over 25 years Al has been at the swap meet featuring some unique, hard to get items for seasoned automobiles....
Cash For Clunkers?
October 9, 2009
Time brings change, not always for the better. We Americans love our cars. We often have names for them and they become part of the family. They have been with us through the birth of our children, they have taken us on vacations, visiting loved ones, there in emergencies, sitting waiting patently for us to have a use for them, and almost always responding to the call....
General Motors Or Government Motors?
July 31, 2009
I’m deeply hurt! I feel like a jilted lover. For 50 years I’ve had an affair with a car company. My family has been carrying on with this same company for generations. My great grandmother drove Chevy trucks; my mother had a Cadillac and then a Buick. Over the years I, proudly drove and owned four Oldsmobile’s, five Chevy trucks, a Pontiac and two Cadillac’s. My wife’s first car was a Chevy convertible. My daughter drives a Chevy Suburban and my son-in-law, a Chevy diesel truck....
