Winterfest Brings Vintage Vehicles
Even with the warmer weather, members of the Indiana Vintage Snowmobile Association got out to the North Webster Community Center to show off their vehicles.
While the outdoor events had to be cancelled due to surprisingly pleasant weather the association still provided onlookers at the 2013 Winterfest with a lot of “cool” options to check out.
Although most of the over 150 classic dealers are no longer selling, StaceyPageOnline.com readers could still check out many of the classic, vintage and antique snowmobiles until 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The Indiana Vintage Snowmobile Association is also hosted a chili cook-off to support the North Webster Food Pantry. A is $5 entry allowed visitors to sample chliis from Ace Hardware, Ye Ole Pub, Sweet Treats and Consegna and Coffee.
More information will be available here- soon.
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- The photo shows Jeff Corn, president of the IVSMA, explaining the history behind one of this snowmobiles to a visitor at the Winterfest. Corn stated that the group will do almost anything they can to keep these vintage vehicles out of the scrap yards. He described buying the vehicle shown with only a front end because the previous owner had wanted to scrap it prior to offering it to the association.
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- John McGuirk brought in a handful of snowmobiles to event. His 1946 model is known as one of the first production snowmobiles in the United States and began mass production in 1940 and saw 300 vehicles made before production ended in 1947. Many modern snowmobiles are based off the concepts on this vehicle, which used and Indian Motorcycle motor. (Onlookers thought it was pretty cool, too )
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- Ed Jones calls his 1975 Scorpion 440 unique because the motor lays down instead of being upright. The photo shows him describing the strange layout of the inside of his vehicle.
