Dave Tranter at the 2021 North Webster Antique Outboard Motor Club show. Photo by Phoebe Muthart.

News Release

The Antique Outboard Motor Club will hold its Spring Antique Outboard Motor Show and Swap Meet starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at North Webster’s Community Park — Dixie tour boat dock — 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 and running the old-time boat motors on the lake.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend. No admission fee.

Club members invite area owners of old outboard motors to attend the meet for an 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 one that is more than 30 years old.

The meet usually runs to midafternoon. 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 Dave Tranter at (260) 213-1945.

Bob Lowden browsing through some of the available items at the 2021 North Webster Antique Outboard Motor Club show. Photo by Phoebe Muthart.