Anyone going to the Antique Engine Show @ Mystic this weekend?

[nedL]

Saturday & Sunday. Anyone planning on going?
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/shows/mystic_2002/17.jpg
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/shows/mystic_2002/20.jpg
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[ 08-12-2003, 08:20 AM: Message edited by: nedL ]

[Mr. Know It All]

Yet another great show I will miss Ned.
:(

Looking forward to your report and photo's. :D

[nedL]

Its not a guarantee that I'm going to be able to get there yet (won't know for sure until I'm standing there I guess). If I get there I'll take a camera though. ;)

[ 08-12-2003, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: nedL ]

[LarryJacobson]

I'll be there taking lots of photos. It was our first visit last year and we got hooked.

We're keeping our fingers crossed that the thunderstorms will hold off until later in the afternoon.

I encourage anyone who has not attended to give it a try, even if you're more of a wood torturer like me.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

How lovely!

Years ago I fished a Kelvin E2 out of a ditch and started to restore it; then moved house, etc., and it fell by the wayside. Wish I still had it.

[Ed Harrow]

Goin to Mum's, sorry. Those engines are :cool:

Sometime, esp those of you further north, take in the Owl's Head "Run what ya brung" show. The best was the little Fairbanks Morse M&B attached to the icecream freezer. Those that new started lining up before those that didn't had a clue. ;)

[ 08-15-2003, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: Ed Harrow ]

[LarryJacobson]

We attended the show this morning. The weather was great.

This year the antique gas engines and the outboards were in abundance. The steam engines and models were probably 20% of what was exhibited last year.

Took lots of photos but our photo hosting site is temporarly out. I'll post them as soon as we're back on line. Hope other forumites were able to attend.

[LarryJacobson]

As promised, here are a few of our favorite photos from the 2003 Mystic Museum Antique Marine Engine Exposition.

http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng1.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng2.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng3.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng4.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng5.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng6.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng7.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng8.jpg

[nedL]

Thanks for posting the poictures Larry. I got there too! :cool: But for only about 3 1/2 hours on Saturday :( . I caught up with someone I haven't seen in almost 20 years & spent most of the time talking wooden Jersey Speed skiffs. Rob Garratano owns the four cylinder Gray Marine racing engine that is your third picture down & he also owns the boat "Lasting Impression" that was there. I did manage to take some pictues though. I'll get them posted. AS you said, the models were way down & the outboards were way up from when I was there two yeare ago.
I had a geat time, just way to little of it.

[Scott Rosen]

I was there on Patience (tied up in one of the South slips) with my wife and younger daughter over the weekend. It was a great show. The only oddity, though, was that there were a couple of classic engines installed in new fiberglass replicas of old launches. It was a case of the old and the new not blending.

The collection of outboards was great. There were a couple of Greymarine 4 cylinder gasoline engines from about 1950. I don't really consider them that old, since there are still a few in service.

[nedL]

AAUGH!! :( I figured I'd miss seeing people there. I had so little time & so much to catch up on! I didn't even have time to leave the shipyard area.

[LarryJacobson]

Ned and Scott,

Sorry I missed seeing both of you again (we actually met earlier at the Steak Loft in Mystic).

With regard to Scott's comments about antique engines in fiberglass launches. Here's a little background about two of the the steam launches. In one case, the individual is extremely knowledgable about steam and, in fact, chose a hull with as little brightwork as possible so he could focus on the engine. We know him from several years ago when we got ourselves invited to putt around in one of his earlier launches. We owe him a debt of gratitude since we decided to go to electric for the launch we are building. Not that it was an unpleasant experience but the mechanical tinkering is not for us.

In the second launch, the gentleman built the launch as a tribute to his dad (now in his 90s) from a mold of his father's wooden steamer which was apparently too far gone to save. The steam plant and all hardware was saved and used in this boat, however.

[LarryJacobson]

A few more photos from the show:

http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng9.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng10.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng11.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng12.jpg
http://vintageboatphotos.hypermart.net/Favorites/Eng13.jpg

[rbgarr]

I've got a mid-60's Johnson 3hp with folding leg, and am looking for a replacement for the dented lower cowl and broken carrying handle. I've been living with it, but would like to replace the handle at least, and not pay an arm and a leg for it. Anyone got an idea for sources?

TIA

[LarryJacobson]

TIA,

Lots of knowledgable folks on this forum but here's another good place to look:

http://www.aomci.org/

[rbgarr]

Thank you Larry, for the response and the pictures. I've just posted a want ad in the classifieds section of that organization's website.

(TIA, by the way, is just shorthand for 'Thanks In Advance')

[LarryJacobson]

rbgarr,

Figured it was either your boat's name or you were someone's aunt.

Glad the link was useful.