CHILI COOK-OFF AND CRUISE-IN, 4 to 7 p.m., British Transportation Museum, 321 Hopeland St., Dayton. Prizes for best overall chili, people's choice. Enter own chili or enjoy others'. Tickets $8. Proceeds to benefit British Transportation Museum. For tickets, more info or to enter cook-off, contact Amanda Hawker at BTMkids1@gmail.com or 937-238-8451.
NOV. 5
27TH ANNIVERSARY CARBS (COLLECTORS AND REPLICA BUILDERS SOCIETY) FALL FEST, public welcome 9 a.m., contest registration 9:30 a.m. to noon, Abiding Christ Lutheran Church, 326 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, Fairborn. Judging noon to 2:30 p.m., awards for 17 classes at 3 p.m. Vendor tables $20, breakfast and lunch food. Barry Payne, 937-235-3114; Vern Hezier, 937-878-1077. www.carbsmodelcar.com.
NOV. 6
42ND ANNUAL INDOOR/OUTDOOR SWAP MEET, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Reichard Chevrolet, 575 Arlington Road, Brookville, hosted by the Dayton Buckeye Model A Ford Club. All makes antique and classic cars, parts and related items. Antique cars on display in showroom. Hot breakfast, lunch available. Spectator fee $3; indoor 10-by-10 vendor space $15, unlimited outdoor vendor spaces, $15. Saturday (day before), vendors only 4 to 6 p.m., set-up for indoor spaces. Free car corral for sellers of collector cars. Mike Bogart, 175 Marybill Drive S, Troy OH 45373 or 937-335-9353.
WEEKLY CRUISE-INS
• THURSDAY NIGHT AT AIRLINE DAIRY CREME, 224 N. Dixie Drive, Vandalia, until Thanksgiving, starts at 5 p.m. Sponsored by Ohio Cruisers Car Club
• FRIDAY NIGHT AT RIP RAP ROADHOUSE, 6024 Rip Rap Road, Huber Heights, 5 to 9 p.m., music, prize drawings. 236-4329.
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