Tri-State Swap Meet

[Hulk]

Tri-State Swap Meet - 55th annual
The region's largest indoor automotive swap meet
Sat & Sun, Feb 7-8, 2026

The Tri-State Swap Meet is the region's largest, indoor automotive swap meet featuring thousands of automotive related products, bumper to bumper and everything in between as well as tools, decals, memorabilia and more.

Anyone ever heard of this or been to it? Is it worth checking out?

 

[tancruiser]

Really fun and you never know what treasure you might find.

 

[MileHigh80Guy]

Been on my radar too, never know what to expect of these things when they pop up.

Old school swap meets I went to when I was a kid or people selling over priced junk for old muscle / reselling chinese shit for new stuff?

 

[Telly]

I've been a couple times a while back but don't expect to find any deals. I felt like everything was at a premium but that was at least 10 years ago. Prices might be vastly different in this economy.

There was a giant swap meet at the fair grounds in Lawrence Kansas that I would go to every year when I was a teenager in the late 80's/early 90's. It was HUGE and there was some deals to be had. Problem was I had no money.

 

[SteveH]

I have found FJ55 parts (the seller had no idea), FJ60 parts, Toyota brochures, manuals, and mostly tools - some real deals on tools, but you have to look hard. I have been going for many years. It'll shoot half a day, but there are worse ways to do so. A lot of the real deals are gone in the first hour, of course.

 

[DanielChase]

@Hulk if you pick me up that day I’ll go with you

 

[Hulk]

@Hulk if you pick me up that day I’ll go with you

Sounds like a plan @DanielChase

 

[bh4rnnr]

I'm off Friday and Sat.

 

[On the RX]

I used to work at the Carlisle swap meet in PA polishing and cleaning late 60s to early 70s GM muscle car parts. There, if you didn't haggle, you were a schmuck. Suckers bought on Saturday and winners bought on Sunday. Most venders didn't want to load their stuff back up and would cut good deals right before closing. Some rare parts in good shape, like GTO trim pieces would pull a pretty penny, but for the most part, you could buy stuff at a good price. I also found that buying in bulk cut the price down quite a bit, then I could set the extras I didn't want out on the table at out spot and sell them before the end of the meet.