NORTH WEBSTER – The Antique Outboard Motor Club will hold its 2011 Fall Antique Outboard Motor Show and Swap Meet Saturday at North Webster’s Community Park 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 for a day of activites related to their hobby.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The events include an exhibition of their recent restoration projects, serious swapping of parts and literature, plus running these old-time boat motors on the lake.
Club members invite area owners of old outboard motors to attend the meet for a free evaluation of their old motors. Many old motors are bought, sold and evaluated throughout the day.
The swapping area includes all types of parts, literature, related accesseories and many antique motors.
The national Antique Outboard Motor Club, with more than 3,000 members classifies an antique outboard motor as being manufactured before 1950 and a classic outboard more more than 30 years old.
The North Webster meet start at 10 a.m. and usually runs to mid-afternoon.
For more information call Dave Tranter at 260-213-1945 or email jdtranter@whitleynet.org
