I hear what Matt's saying...I've also been at every GM Carlisle since it's inception (as both a spectator and a vendor) but there does seem to be fewer vendors here this year. The security folks did give us a hard time about parking our tow vehicles behind the orange fence that surrounds our spaces, but it wasn't anything that we couldn't talk ourselves out of. The folks at Carlisle always put on a great show and when you consider the fact that the swap area is ALL GM stuff it doesn't bother you so much that it's not as big as what you might have hoped, since all the Ford and Mopar stuff has already been filtered out for you. As a kid who's literally grown up at Carisle...I haven't missed a Spring or Fall show since 1986, when I was 7 years old...I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be this weekend. I think the diminishing vendors can be attributed to the simple fact that there aren't that many old parts around anymore to swap amoung one another. With each car that gets completed there's just that many fewer original parts to go around for the next guy...and remember this is PA where there hasn't been much left of original cars for years. Seeing the number of outstanding restos on the grounds ,it doesn't take long for it to start sinking in where all the good stuff has disappeared to. Less parts or not, hearing that Carlisle Productions has signed a 99 year lease deal on their current property is peace of mind enough for me to know that there will be shows/swaps of some incarniation at this location for MANY years to come. Win, lose, or draw...you gotta come to Carlisle.
