With thousands of parts spread out over what seems like sprawling square miles of space, the dueling Portland-area swap meets — the Portland Swap Meet and the PIR Swap Meet, both taking place the same weekend every April — have literally everything you’ll ever need for your project. This year I wasn’t on the hunt for anything specific, but that’s never stopped me from going before. After all, if you’re a car person, you don’t need a reason to waste time at the biggest combined car part event on the West Coast.
Here are some of my favorite photos from this year’s pair of events, which just wrapped up this past weekend: