Spring Antique Outboard Motor Meet In Webster Park May 16
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NORTH WEBSTER – The Antique Outboard Motor Club will hold its 2015 Spring Antique Outboard Motor Show and Swap Meet May 16 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 recent restoration projects, serious swapping of parts and literature, plus running the old-time boat motors on the lake. The public is invited to attend. Club members invite area owners of old outboard motors to attend the meet for a free evaluation of their motors. Many antique motors are bought, sold and evaluated throughout the day. The swapping area includes all types of parts, literature, related accessories and many antique motors. The national Antique Outboard Motor Club, with over 5,000 members, classifies an antique outboard motor as being manufactured prior to 1950, and a classic outboard motor over 30 years old, prior to 1985. 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 another meet each year on the third Saturday in September, which will be Sept. 19 this year, also at the Webster Lake Park.
