This weekend the air inside the Kitsap County Fairgrounds may smell like a mechanic’s garage when swap meet vendors  pack more than 30,000 square feet with anything automobile-related.

“The majority of the items will be vintage stuff,” said coordinator Jim Barnes. “You’re liable to find just about anything automobile-related.”

Vendors from as far away as Wisconsin will swap their goods. But car parts won’t be the only thing being swapped — stories are sure to accompany the parts as well.

Like Art Schick’s 1911 Baker Electric car which will be on display. The Brownsville resident got wind of the car at the swap meet 16 years ago when he chatted with a vendor from Yakima. The vendor showed him pictures of car parts for the Baker and Schick became smitten.

“My grandson’s surname is Baker and I thought it would be a fun project for us to do together,” Schick said. Turned out his grandson wasn’t too keen with the mechanics, but does enjoy driving the antique.

It took Schick about three years to complete the project and he gets a kick out of the fact his one-hundred-year- old car can drive about 40 miles per charge. The 2011 Chevy Volt with its electric engine also gets about 40 miles per charge.

“My granddaughter likes to say that the difference between my Baker and the Volt is the addition of cup holders,” Schick said. To be fair, he added the Volt can reach higher speeds and has the comforts of a windshield, air bags and can carry four passengers while his Baker only has room for “Two, maybe three if the third person is really thin,” Schick said.

If you have never seen a Baker Electric, think of a horse-drawn buggy, minus the horse. Schick has a friend in California with a similar model car, and his friend claims to get 70 miles to a charge. Schick thinks it’s because of the hilly-terrain in Kitsap that he gets less mileage.  He’s pushed the Baker to 45 miles on a charge. “But it was gasping the last few miles,” he said.

Barnes expects attendance to be strong at the swap meet —which is in its 40th year at the Fairgrounds. Typically, Saturday’s attendance hovers around 3,000 and Sunday’s is slightly less.

The most interesting piece Barnes has ever seen at the meet? He’s quick to answer. “A 1941 Packard that had never been restored. It’s now in my garage,” he said.

The swap meet does what the title implies: swap. But if you don’t have anything to trade, the vendors will accept money as well.

The swap meet is sponsored by the Olympic Vintage Auto Club, which meets monthly at the West Sound Technical Skills Center in Bremerton.

Along with monthly meetings, club members tour during the summer, hitting the open road in their vintage cars. At the end of the year, after all the bills are paid, the not-for-profit club takes any leftover funds and supports food banks and other local charities.

The Boy Scouts help out at the swap meet, and in return the club gives the troop a donation.

Is owning a vintage car necessary in order to join the club?

“That’s not a requisite in membership,” Barnes said. “But you need to be interested in them.”

Olympic Vintage Auto Club Swap Meet

Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 6 from 8 a.m to 2:30 p.m. at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.

Admission on Saturday is $5; Sunday admission is $3. There is no admission charge for children younger than 12. Parking is free. Info: www.ovac.us.