yeah not close to me but easy to get to not far off the 401. Been going for over 20ish years. Did they say where they are moving to or if they are moving. I know Chris was talking about this.

always looked forward to stirling. google maps states the distance is only 3 more km for me. stirling 74.8 and lindsay fairground 77.5

Where is Sterling? other side Toronto??

I wonder what they'll be charging for a spot. Just talked to a friend of mine who says theres a fall Lindsay flea mkt. in the works & they are charging $175 a spot for that one??? A far cry from the $25 to $30 at Stirling!!! Sounds like "they" have been talking to Hainey at the Barrie one, gouge all you can, but as Dale said, you don't have a flea mrkt. if theres NO VENDORS!!! You've got to sell a PI$$ Pot of parts, just to break even at those prices???

Vending was $60 per spot at Stirling for the last couple of years. If you preregistered for the next year while vending this year you could save $10. I expect Lindsay to be about the same.

I always look forward to Stirling, as it's the 1st. long run with the 64 Catalina 2 hr. ea way, & they had the "preferred" parking for the "oldies" Lindsay is much closer for me 30 min away but time will tell how this works out for next yr.

I went to a couple of AACA meetings a lot of people no one asked who I was so I took a chair and watched. There is no fall Lindsay the prices are the same still only $60 in May. A lot of venders are coming from Barrie no socks or shirts only automotive (tired of Hainey I think).
Stirling Fair board would not guarantee parking for the buyers in 2013 the reason for AACA move I think.
I asked the Stirling Fair board about the AACA parking issue got not answer.

Sorry Chance I won't see you there as everyone I know will be at Stirling that weekend.
Have a good time and let us know how it went.

Why not do both shows? Stirling one day, Lindsay the other !!

Smokin Joe maybe I missed something in these posts but I don't get what you have against Sterling .There are two events on the same weekend .People will chose to support one or the other or maybe even both .Who cares what did or didn't happen or who said what or where everyone is going to park or eat or sleep or crap .Two shows pick one and enjoy the weekend.Way too much drama. Ed

to bad i'm working that weekend because its 74.8 km to the stirling fleamarket for me and 77.6 to lindsay fairground. i would do both. advantage of google maps.

hemi43 I looked at the link Chance posted and they have a show car parking look in the index. They also have a field layout you can view. www.lindsayantiqueautomotivefleamarket.ca

Maybe I can get Atomsplitter to drive me down to stirling on Saturday, and I'll drive to Lindsay on Sunday. Wink Wink Nudge Nudge !!

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I enjoyed stirling before I had my car. Now that my car is built, I drive it everywhere but the parking at Stirling sucked even for the "show" cars.
I still enjoy going to Barrie, because it's a nice drive up and for $20 I get excellent,safe parking for my car. We'll have to see what Lindsay is like, but if I have to park in a field with all the other attendees, I would rather stay home.

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 u mean the folks at stirling didnt break out the fuzzy ropes and the red carpet for ur car?  the nerve of the hillbillies, dont they knows quality when they sees it?  as i recall the stirling show car lot is the paved area in front of the arena, how much better can it get?

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 Some of us that invest more than $500 hundred dollars and a box of 7018 rods into our cars care where we park. The paved lot in front of the arena had way too many cars without too much room for people to walk in between as they are carrying a complete fender they just bought. I guess it's something you'll never understand!!

 

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I enjoyed stirling before I had my car. Now that my car is built, I drive it everywhere but the parking at Stirling sucked even for the "show" cars.
I still enjoy going to Barrie, because it's a nice drive up and for $20 I get excellent,safe parking for my car. We'll have to see what Lindsay is like, but if I have to park in a field with all the other attendees, I would rather stay home.

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 u mean the folks at stirling didnt break out the fuzzy ropes and the red carpet for ur car?  the nerve of the hillbillies, dont they knows quality when they sees it?  as i recall the stirling show car lot is the paved area in front of the arena, how much better can it get?

I will be attending the Stirling Flea Market, located in Stirling as it has been for forty years. I attended the first two years in Springbrook at Roy Solmes
garage with my family before it outgrew his yard.. The guys that are part of the AACA club that chose to move probably never saw this show, they have no idea of the charm and the draw this location alone brings to an event of this importance. The Lindsay show will not succeed .Mark my words. This is yet another move of greed such as the time they tried to outgrow Stirling once before when running it in Orono, anyone remember the huge success of that fiasco? I do.
Don Haney is also experiencing what greed and stubbornness does for a once popular event, as does the latest victim ( owner) or Megaspeed car show, formerly Performance World, also formerly Motion... Funny how this sort of thing repeats itself and the next dufus tends to think he can break that trend. Real car people will be at Stirling vending and making a living as they have always done and when that's all said and done, we will all be planning our fall trip to Hershey where the real vendors also go annually, someone once thought that Carlisle would overrun this show too, not yet...... See you dead center in the main field if you wish to come , might even offer you a chilled beverage if you take the time to look me up.

Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention, this is actually a working flea market, not a car show hence the reason there aren't too many awards given out. Not trying to start something but if you're coming here simply to show off with your ride be it shiny or rusty, why not take the time to attend the Friday night cruise somewhere and leave the good parking for the people hoping to buy something for their future projects. I know we have it pretty good here having trucks and stuff to bring heavy items out for folks trying to buy  but the ones who do not usually lose out on sales because the poor buyer thinks twice when he realizes that he's dragging that smallblock or the early seventies Chevt car doors that weigh 300lbs each all they way out to the parking lot becasue he cannot park next to the grounds... Unless you've just bought your pride and joy, you too will appreciate this as much as the next guy. Hope to see all of you out here having a good time as usual. Remember, there is stuff that sufaces annually in Stirling that you would indeed need to go to Hershey Pennsylvania to see otherwise, this is what a well established show of many years will also offer that new venues typically do not.

Cheers,
Chris.

-- Edited by Chris Stapley on Tuesday 19th of February 2013 10:22:57 AM

last time i was stirling i must have been the fiftieths vintage car to show up because they had me parallel park the beast beside the first building against the fence, still better then the public parking.

One thing that used to tick me off about Stirling was the fact they used to sell out all the vendor spots the year before. I don't know if this still happens or not? But at the time i found it rather a pita after spending a few hours loading up the truck, driving over an hour there only to be told that there was no place because all the spots were spoken for the year before. After i told my tail of woe they finally sided with me after i mentioned how many empty spots there were because the people never showed up. They really didn't want me to 'move' into one of the spots just in case that person showed up. So what i said, if they do then i'll move. Just found it kinda maddening that they always sold everything out and didn't have any spots for someone who doesn't know they sell everything a year before. I'm not one that likes to pre register, especially a year ahead of time. After that experience i vowed to never sell at Stirling again. I go once in awhile as a spectator, i have never taken any of my show vehicles there, way too dirty and usually muddy getting to the paved lot. As a spectator i always got to park on the east side or south east of the arena and found the ground to be hideous even for my daily driver. The exit leaves alot to be desired for spectators, would it hurt so bad to run a grader over it once in awhile to level it out?
If the weather co operates i'll do Stirling one day and Lindsay the other.

Seems to me that this may be the difference between a fellow casually looking to sell a bit of stuff out of his garage as opposed to people who use this as a source of income? You cannot be serious thinking that you will wait until the last minute to come driving in to a show that's been going so long and just pick a spot to wheel in to do you honestly? We do not just say we'll be there the following year but also pay ahead so that the group in charge may use our money for a full year ahead paying for advertising,insurance , supplies such as thousands of stakes etc... I do not think that's too much to ask that people stay off your sites if you chose to belly up to the bar.. Do you ,really?  My family pays ahead for approximately 16/18 sites annually . This is a pretty good chunk of change to ensure we have a spot to peddle our wares when we get there. Lets try to focus in the fact that the Stirling Flea Market is still the best market going in Canada as far as sales and leads for real antique and collector cars and parts bar none and we the vendors wish to keep it this way for years to come.. I really have no business defending this show other than the fact that it has been very,very good to many of my friends and family for a good long time and I wish to see it continue for generations ahead.

Cheers,

Chris.

 

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One thing that used to tick me off about Stirling was the fact they used to sell out all the vendor spots the year before. I don't know if this still happens or not? But at the time i found it rather a pita after spending a few hours loading up the truck, driving over an hour there only to be told that there was no place because all the spots were spoken for the year before. After i told my tail of woe they finally sided with me after i mentioned how many empty spots there were because the people never showed up. They really didn't want me to 'move' into one of the spots just in case that person showed up. So what i said, if they do then i'll move. Just found it kinda maddening that they always sold everything out and didn't have any spots for someone who doesn't know they sell everything a year before. I'm not one that likes to pre register, especially a year ahead of time. After that experience i vowed to never sell at Stirling again. I go once in awhile as a spectator, i have never taken any of my show vehicles there, way too dirty and usually muddy getting to the paved lot. As a spectator i always got to park on the east side or south east of the arena and found the ground to be hideous even for my daily driver. The exit leaves alot to be desired for spectators, would it hurt so bad to run a grader over it once in awhile to level it out?
If the weather co operates i'll do Stirling one day and Lindsay the other.

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I am not a "professional " flea market person either but I do rely on the contacts and leads that I pay well ahead to ensure that I have from year to year. I guess since our family operation has been running smoothly since 1949 does have some merit to the "ways we work" alongside the little guy. If it weren't for guys like us that work our butts off year to year there would not be any shows for guys such as you to also enjoy.Come join us as friends and part of a much larger family, you will see that there are many good folks despite what you seem to think. We aren't here to hoard the spots annually, we pay ahead to ensure that this hobby and livelihood remain. There are a lot of like minded folks that do this annually as well. Don't get too concerned about having no spaces either, we all buy and sell on Kijiji too and if you cannot make the flea markets because of shortages, maybe this is the better route for you? It works quite well, you just don't gain the contacts and people willing to swap, trade, buy,sell and stand behind their offerings quite as readily. Hope to meet you here, who know's ,maybe the Stirling group will have a few first come first served sites available this spring?
Cheers,
Chris.

2inchestoolow did you watch Brian with his Home Depot JD garden tractor in the pulls on the Sunday. When he tried to pull his tires just spun and did not pull an inch. I felt sorry for him coming in last against all those kids. My real JD tractor I loaned to a kid came in second lol.
As for 1964 Orono being a starting point for Sterling it is true ask Bruce Mountjoy, Gord Boyd was Western Tire and Roy Graham the Stud guy they were the committee for the AACA flea market. Also thanks Mark for the time and effort you put in Orono with the fair board. It was better to try and fail than not try at all. Volunteers I know was a big issue they never had enough people to run the gates on Sunday so it was free at times. It was also hard to change the date also with the tractor pullers schedule. I do not know where some people get their information but it really reflects on their credibility.

 See you on the slopes.

-- Edited by Smokin Joe on Wednesday 20th of February 2013 10:40:34 PM

Maybe I'll jump in. The Orono Swap meet ended because there were not enough people interested in voluntering to run it. I was involved in the final year, not as much as Elaine or Charlie, but I did a lot of the advertising (poster design distribution etc.) plus ran the cruise in with Brian from Lowdown. I think Atomsplitter was at that show and maybe a few others...we had around 80 cars in attendance in that final year. We saw a marked improvement in cars for the show that year and vendor spaces however these things do not run themselves. I personally had to step away because I could not contribute the time it would have taken to make it a success. The weekend picked was also part of the issue, it fell between Sterling and Barrie and the long weekend. We discussed moving it to later in the season however there were just to many conflicts...and not enough interested volunteers. I was not involved when it first started and can not speak for the group that was, I stepped up to try and do my part to keep it going. It also was not the tractor pulling club, it was the Orono Heritage tractor club...the pulls were minis, antiques, and ATV's. The tractor club which my father is actively involved in did a great job of Staking out the fairgrounds and setting things up for the weekend, those that were involved worked hard at what they did, the numbers were growing despite every year being cold and rainy. It was no Sterling or Barrie but it was something...and the more events like this that exist the more our hobby can stay alive.

I'm not sure these latest swaps in Orono are what Chris was referring to...maybe they were, but there were one or two years ago that saw very little success ... I remember hearing a long time ago that the Sterling swap meet actually started in Orono....this is of course untrue but it's funny how rumors flow...

The Recent Orono Swap meets where sanctioned by the Orono Fair board, and had various other people involved and it is probably true that this was part of the problem as not everyone shared the same vision ... I know most of these people personally and well, all good people trying to do something good for our community...more than most people will ever do for their town or hobby.

I plan on heading to Sterling this spring to check it out...because of timing I have never been able to make it....Barrie many times, but Sterling never.

Hope to meet some of you there.

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I should have figured you Cobourg Boys would twist my post around like usuall. Not sure where I insulted anyone, but when it comes to you two, I don't care anymore because you will only see my posts as negative. I'm not quite sure why Fatstax posted his smartass reply when I complained about the parking at Stirling. Last time I went, there was about 50 parking spots for the car show, and the rest of the parking was across the road in a field that looked like it was plowed the week before where people attending the show were supposed to park.

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 relax mr spit and polish, no insult intended.  from what i recall there was more than just the paved area for show cars, surely your not above parking on grass are you?  i think they may change things around at stirling so maybe there was only the paved area that time.  thats 500 bucks and 7014 rod, 7018 doesnt strike as nice.  there is a slight chance i was into the prince again, no comment from you ed either!  i admit my post may be worded a bit wrong but i see you are a sensitive guy. 

dont dish it out if you cant take it then