Old Cars Weekly – 05 September 2019

Massesheaded toCharlotte

for annual Fall AutoFair

CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The Hornets Nest Re-

gion of the AACA will host its celebrated Charlotte

AutoFair Oct. 17-19 on the grounds of Charlotte

Motor Speedway. The event features collector car

fl ea market vendor spaces to buy and sell thousands

of restoration parts and supplies, plus car corral ve-

hicle spaces on the track oval for buying and selling

collector vehicles of all descriptions. The collector

car fl ea market includes everything from memora-

bilia, to vintage signs, tires, wheels, automotive toys,

restoration supplies, tools and collector cars for sale.

More than 150,000 spectators are expected to

attend. The event will include about 7,000 assigned spaces.

Visitors can shop freely between the automotive fl ea markets

outside the track and the fl ea market inside.

Friday and Saturday are always the busiest days of Char-

lotte AutoFair. Wednesday is a vendor set-up day and is not

open to the public. Gates open for vendors at 7 a.m. each day

Thursday thru Sunday. Gates open to the public at 8 a.m. daily.

Tickets are available each day until 5 p.m., and Sunday until

about noon. Flea market activity may continue until sundown

• the public is not required to leave when ticket sales stop.
  Vendor and car corral spaces are available at http://www.char

lotte-autofair.com, or by calling the region

offi ce at 704-841-1990. A limited number

of spaces may be available in the Blue and

Orange Flea Market Fields. Sellers can

come to the Green Field registration tent on

opening morning (Thursday) to purchase

Car Corral and Flea Market space in the Green Flea Market or

Red Flea Market Fields.

Mecum Denver sale tops $10m mark

DENVER, Col. _ Mecum’s July 12-13 Denver Auction at

the Colorado Convention Center reached $10.2 million in sales

The

Hobby News & Views

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DonEkstrumofNorth

Oxford, Mass., spotted a

couple of unlikely

bedfellows in a quiet neigh-

borhood: a 1965 Ford

Mustang and a Model T

Shriner’s parade car. The

Mustang is “intact,

but neglected —

probably restorable,

but the owner won’t

part with it,” according

to Ekstrum. “It’s a nice

lawn ornament,

anyhow.”

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http://www.Charlotteautofair.com photo

Weathered

Wheels

The Fall

Charlotte

AutoFair will

be held Oct.

17-19 at the

Charlotte

Motor

Speedway.