NORTH WEBSTER - The Antique Outboard Motor Club, Michiana Outboard Boating Chapter, will hold their 2009 Spring 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 activities related to their hobby.
The events include an exhibition of their recent restoration projects, serious swapping of parts and literature, plus running old-time boat motors on the lake.
Club members are inviting area owners of old outboard motors to attend the meet for a free evaluation of their old motors.
Many old motors are brought, sold and evaluated throughout the day. The swapping area includes all tyopes 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 more than 30 years old.
The North Webster meet starts at approximately 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 also holds a meet the third Saturday of September. This year's is Sept. 19 at Webster Park.
Lions Benefit Saturday
Local Lions Clubs will hold a chicken barbecue at the Lowe's parking lot in Warsaw Saturday from 10 a.m. until it's sold out. The proceeds will help aid people with eye problems and train leader dogs for the blind.
