We are a group of antique outboard enthusiasts who enjoy restoring and running antique outboards. Our chapter includes all of Indiana and parts of Michigan, south of Interstate 94. Please enjoy our site and also visit the Antique Outboard Motor Club, Inc. located at http://www.aomci.org
Over the years the North Webster meet has grown in size and popularity. It first started out as a one day wet meet with just a limited number of boaters and motors on display. A few years back the club decided to make the North Webster meet more family oriented, so they voted and approved of having pitch in luncheon. The pitch in/cookout was a huge success and this year the MOB Chapter has decided to extend the meet to a three day event. The following information will be sent out in the club newsletter as well as posted on the AOMCI discussion board. Dave Tranter will be there to act as Harbormaster! He will be the lead contact person to direct where to dock your boat and head up some of the activities.
Friday May 16th
4:00pm - Gathering at the Dixie Haven
7:00pm - Dinner at Ye Old Pub (from the meet turn north on SR 13, Ye Old Pub is on the west side on SR 13 just west of Lances grocery store. Parking available in grocery parking lot.)
Saturday May 17th
9:00am - Meet starts at 9:00am
12:00pm - Business meeting, award presentation, lunch pitch-in following meet
5:00pm - 6:30pm - Lake Cruise (Everyone is welcome to come, cruise is until dusk.)
7:00pm - Dinner at Lakeview Pizza King
Sunday May 18th
9:00am - 10:00am - Breakfast at Lakeview Pizza King
10:00am - 11:00am - Tour of Dave Tranter's shop located in the heart of North Webster
11:00am - ??? - Fun time on the water
Well, here we go with another one of these messages that have to start out with, it is with a heavy heart. Our good friend Harry Brinkman passed away in his sleep Saturday night the 3rd of May 2008. What he died of was complications of MSA Multiple Systems Atrophy. This acts like Parkinson’s but is much more aggressive, so there that is.
Now for those of you that don’t know Harry is the reason there is a MOB Chapter here is a little history for you. Back in 1984 a guy named Al LeBaugh was the vice-president of AOMCI and in charge of getting new Chapters started. I can remember Al calling up at our house in Speedway and asking Dad to start a Chapter. We had an organizational meeting to see if there was any interest and it was attended by only about 6 guys. I still have that photo. We had a name for the new Chapter of HAMS, it stood for Hoosier Antique Motor Society. After our little meeting Dad decided that there just wasn’t enough interest to go ahead with it so that was it. This meeting must have been sometime around 1980.
So now we move on to sometime in the 1983 to early 1984 area. For some reason Al called to talk to Harry to talk about something else, like Mercury racing stuff, and brought up the fact that he had called sometime ago if we would start a Chapter. Harry, in his own way, said “screw it” let’s just do it and told Al that night over the phone we would do it. Harry told Al to make me the President, Dad the Vice-president and Harry would serve as the Secretary.
Al then called me and told me I had to join the Club to be an officer of a Chapter so he joined me up and paid my first years membership and that is how it all started. Now you might be saying wait a minute, where did the MOB name come from? Well, during that phone call to Al, where the Chapter was officially started, Harry came up with that. He didn't know, or couldn’t remember the name we had picked out for our Chapter and he, being originally from up north in Syracuse where the word Michiana was used from time to time just blurted out the MOB name.
So now it is time to bid farewell, not only to the man light years ahead of his competitors in modified racing but to also recognize that his kick start was just what we needed to become what we are today.
A great thanks for everything Harry,
Jay