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Chicagoland MG Club all British Swap Meet

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The 12th annual All British Car Swap Meet & Autojumble will be held on
February 24, 2008 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois.

This is an indoor event with approximately 100 vendor spaces in two
buildings. Hours are 8 AM to 3 PM with a $5 admission fee and free
parking. The suburban location is about 25 miles due west of Chicago,
with easy access from the Chicago area Interstate road system.

Hosted by the Chicagoland MG Club, this event has the enthusiastic support
of all the major British Car clubs in the Chicago area; most of these
clubs have taken spaces for club use and have promoted the event to their
members resulting in a strong turnout of vendors and buyers of parts and
accessories for all types of British cars.

Publicity has included a direct mailing to over 1,000 Chicago/midwest area
owners of British cars, as well as advertising in major metropolitan
newspapers in Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Peoria, Quad Cities,
Rockford and Milwaukee. This event has been advertised in Auto Restorer,
Skinned Knuckles, Old Cars Weekly and other enthusiast publications as
well as through postings on enthusiast internet sites; it now attracts the
participation of British Car enthusiasts from throughout the midwest with
shoppers coming from all surrounding states. A list of local hotels is
available upon request.

Vendors already booked in include such well known suppliers to the British
Car hobby as: Triple-C, Little British Car Company, TSI, University
Motors, Riverside Motors, author Burt Levy and more.

Any viewer of this message who has access to other club email lists is
encouraged to send it on.

Any questions - email me off list or call me at 630-858-8192 or see the
website at https://www.britishcarswap.info

Mapquest to 2015 West Manchester Road, Wheaton, Illinois 60187.

Hope to see your there!

FOR THE CHICAGOLAND MG CLUB
 
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