It's Show Time!

This summer and fall will be different than last year since the car, boat, motorcycle, tractor, and antique shows are back on, now that people are getting their Covid vaccinations. Dave attended the much anticipated "Jap Bike Mike's" motorcycle show and swap meet last month (the spring edition of Rice-O-Rama), but he had too much fun and didn't take any photos for me to post. This past Saturday, Dave went with Jim Ryan up to Tupper Lake for the Mohawk Hudson Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club's show and swap meet. Jim was displaying and trying to sell several of his motors, and at the very last minute, sold one. I told them that they should have launched his boat with all the outboards on it and gone for a ride. 😁

Dave on the other hand, almost bought this 1941 Hunter triple cockpit wooden boat. It needed its hull/ bottom resealed and a new engine. The owners, who were from the Thousand Islands, were given an outrageous price for restoration, so before they began the project, they stopped at this meet to try and sell it for only $8K. Dave resisted though, even though Jim told him he had an engine he could put in it. He has other projects to work on already, like the Divco Milk Truck. I told him he would have to build another garage if he had bought it. He replied with, "or a camp right on the lake with a boathouse to put it in." 😲

On Sunday, I went with Dave and Jim Ryan to the Gallupville Gas-Up. It sure was fantastic to see, hear, and even smell so many unusual vehicles and displays. Dave brought his Cushman to check out the show with. 

We found a shade tree to set up our chairs under, so when I got hot from walking around in the field of engines, tractors, cars, and more, I could sit and "watch the world go by." The great thing about this venue is that you can drive around anything you have displayed. 

Here are a few more of my favorites: 

Farmalls lined up almost as far as you can see.

Hit and Miss engines galore:

This is one gigantic snowblower with two engines...one to power the truck and one to power the blower.

Dave has a David Bradley, but this one is different and we could not figure out what its purpose was or what attachments would go on it.

A Homelite snowmobile! This person had about 50 chainsaws on display and said he has about 100 more at home (his wife owned and drove the David Bradley). He sure was knowledgeable about his whole collection. I said, well they take up a lot less space than the motorcycles Dave used to collect. 😉

A 1942 Fairmont model M9 railroad track inspection car, propelled by a 7 HP single cylinder engine...

The owner of this Tucker Sno-Cat put wheels on it in place of the tracks.

There is a motorized bike in the back of this pristine Chevy truck. 

This gorgeous steam engine ran a sawmill that was used for demonstrations during the show. They would cut the wood, then use the outside scraps to fuel the engine. Nothing went to waste. 

Last, but not least, you can lead an ox to water, but you can't make him drink...