<VV> Cincinnati Corvair Club's 31st Annual WINTER SWAP Saturday, 1/31/2009

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Only problem I see in that is that they should delay the opening and
closing times about 3 hours. Bet if they did that, they'd get more
attendance.

-Mark, in upstate Ohio, 3 hours out from Cincy.


> [Original Message]
> Subject: <VV> Cincinnati Corvair Club's 31st Annual WINTER SWAP
Saturday,1/31/2009
>
> Hey guys and gals,
> I've not seen an announcement on this, so I thought I'd step up to the  
> plate... 
> My very dear friends in the Cincinnati Corvair Club are continuing the  
> tradition of the annual WINTER SWAP again this year. The meet will take
place  at:
>  
> Ohio National Guard Armory
> 3000 Symmes Road
> Hamilton, Ohio 45015
>  
> Doors will open at 7:00 am, and I believe the ladies of the club will be  
> selling coffee & donuts and hotdogs & sodas to help raise a little money 
as 
> well. Things start wrapping up around 1:00 pm, and by 2:00 pm things are 
usually 
> packed up and outta there... so come early!
>  
> Here are the directions:
> Follow I-275 East or West and take Exit 41 to the North.
> Follow Route 4  (Dixie Highway) 2.2 miles and turn right on By-Pass Route
4.
> By-Pass Route 4  to Symmes Road, 1.5 miles.
> Turn Left on Symmes Road.
> It is 0.9 miles to  the Armory, and it will be on your right.
> SPONSOR: Corvair Club of  Cincinnati
>  
> I was a fixture at the Winter Swap through the 1990s when it was  held
closer 
> to Cinci, which is where I met our VV moderator Mike... it  seems like a 
> million years ago.... it's a 300 mile one-way trip for me now, so I 
don't know if 
> I'll be there or not, but if the weather is good, there's a good  chance
I'll 
> show up.
> The supply of Corvair parts isn't what it was 15 years ago, but there are

> still some deals to be had... I have fun just getting up there and
talking with  
> the guys who introduced me to the finer points of Corvair ownership... I 
> think I  first found those guys about 18 years ago... many of them were
already in 
>  their mid 40s and older, and I was still in my early 20s, not quite "wet 
> behind  the ears", but still learning the ropes... they took me in, and I
soaked 
> up  their teachings like a sponge... now those fellows are retired, or
close 
> to it,  and they've slowed down just a bit... one never knows what the
future 
> holds, so  I like to get up there and see my "mentors" while I can...
> They're a good bunch of fellows....
> Speaking of which, here's the contact info, if you want to be a vendor 
there 
> or have any questions:
>  
>  Call Mike and Patty Demeter, 513-737-7981
>  
> Later,
>
> Lon  Anderson
> White Mills, KY
> CORSA, Derby City Corvair, Corvanatics
> 1961  Greenbrier 110/pg
> 1963 Greenbrier 95/4spd
> 1964 700  95/pg