HUNDREDS of people went looking for their special booty at Saturday’s annual Wedderburn Historic Engine and Machinery Society swap meet.
Dozens of stallholders had old car parts, implements and accumulated treasures displayed on tables ready for eager buyers.
Boort’s Kevin Caton had his collection of axes, planes and other tools accumulated working in Melbourne salvage yards.
“It’s time to start selling them off,” he said.
Kevin and Charlie Barnes had a busy morning at Machinery Park talking to customers about the tools.
For Craig Merlo, of Wedderburn, the swap meet was the occasion to take five-month-old dog Zoe out in public for the first time,
“This is her first outing to meet other dogs and she’s been pretty good,” he said,
Craig is restoring a HZ Holden and said he was “always on the lookout for something that might be useful”.
“You never know what you will find. Open the eyes and there’ll be something.”
Society president Trevor Bailey said stallholders had again come from across Victoria.
Mr Bailey also paid tribute to the society’s team of volunteers who had contributed to another successful swap meet.