Englishtown-Raceway Park Fall Car Show-Swap Meet
Old Bridge, New JerseySunday, September 28, 2014
The 38th annual Fall Car Show/Swap Meet opened on Sunday to clear, and a bit cool weather early on, but as was the case at the Kool Kids Car Show two weeks earlier, the temperat ure rose rapidly after 9:00 A.M. and most of the day saw temps around the mid 80's.
While the temperatures rose, overall attendance of participants and Show vehicles didn't rise much above 150 vehicles on display, with a light participant turnout, and som ething not common in years past, empty spaces in both the Pit side and Spectator side vendor areas. Many reasons were given for both the light Show vehicle turnout, such a TOO many other events on the same day, to the weather being too nice, but I'd go mor e toward an overkill of same day events as the major factor in the low Show Vehicle turnout. The participant turnout was probably primarily a result of more and more people using click and send, versus scouring Swap Meets for their automotive hobby needs, which also is probably a big factor in there being fewer Vendors than in years past
Still in all it was a nice Show, and at least some of the major Vendors were present in the Swap Meet, so it was a nice day for those who chose the Englishtown Car Show/S wap Meet over the competing events, or the impersonal world of click and send.