The Clean Machine
November 24, 2010
Robert and Teresa The machine I’m referring to is a human dynamo named Robert Cooper. Robert and his wife Teresa run Cooper’s Products, specializing in cleaning and polishing products for the trucking, automotive and general purpose markets. When you visit the Pomona Swap Meet, a trip to Robert’s booth on Road 34, Space 2 and ...
A Little Brine Makes Everything Fine!
November 24, 2010
Ordinarily, the Pomona newsletter articles focus on the automotive industry. However, we felt that since this was the holiday season it would be appropriate to include cooking tips gained over year after year of cooking dry, hard, turkeys. It’s a good thing that the pilgrims didn’t attend my first thanksgiving dinner. They probably would have ...
Love Those VW’s
October 6, 2010
I talked to a gentleman the other day that absolutely, positively loves what he does. Ed Economy is one of our long time vendors at the Pomona Swap Meet. Ed sells vintage Volkswagen parts. He not only sells VW parts, he gives you the history of each part he sells....
Changing The Smell Isn’t So Swell!
October 6, 2010
Every so often I get the uncontrollable urge for that new car smell or in my case, that new truck smell. When this happens, I start finding all kinds of faults with my existing loyal, reliable vehicle. I mean, it has scars, dings and scratches representing years and miles of service. ...
Inland Mopar Car Club
October 6, 2010
We at the Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show know that the heart of the classic car industry is the auto enthusiast themselves. Their lifeblood may be the car show and/or cruise they may promote and/or attend with a car club. For this reason, we are pleased to be able to invite a "Featured Car Club" to the Pomona Swap Meet. ...
Wheelin’ And Dealin’ At The Pomona Swap Meet
August 17, 2010
You want wheels? You want tires? Nobody can service your needs better than our long time vendor PAUL’S WHEELS AND TIRES. Paul Ruiz, owner, has been in business and at the Pomona Swap Meet for over twenty years. Certainly long enough for those of us looking for quality and experience to realize that this is ...
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....