NORTH WEBSTER – The Antique Outboard Motor Club will hold their 2013 Spring Antique Outboard Motor Show and Swap Meet May 18. The meet will be at North Webster Community Park (Dixie landing), on the west shore of Webster Lake. Several hundred antique outboard motor restorers, historians, collectors and enthusiasts from across the Midwest and Canada will gather in the park. The events include an exhibition of recent restoration projects, swapping of parts and literature, plus running the old-time boat motors on the lake. The public is invited. Club members invite area owners of old outboard motors to attent the meet for a free evaluation. Many antique motors are bought, sold and evaluated throughout the day, and the swapping area includes all types of parts, literature, related accessories and many antique motors. The national Antique Outboard Motor Club, with more than 5,000 members, classifies an antique outboard motor as being manufactured prior to 1950 and a classic outboard motor as being more than 30 years old. The North Webster meet starts at around 10 a.m. and usually runs to mid-afternoon. Many participants stay late in the day if the weather is nice and they are able to run their antique motors on the lake. For more information contact local meet organizer Dave Tranter at 260-213-1945 or jdtranter@whitleynet.org The antique outboard group will also hold a meet Sept. 21 at North Webster Community Park.
