Results of the 10-24-2015 Byron Swap Meet  
Weather & Attendance
The day of the meet started out looking rather dismal... a fine mist of rain was coming down but that cleared up around 9:00 AM and the rest of the day was pretty decent. The weather forecast obviously had a significant effect on attendance. The final tally of registered attendees was 205 vs. last year's record of 270. Despite this lower number, the meet is considered a success by hosts Elaine & Mark Suter and we thank everyone that did attend.

People’s Choice Show Motor Competition
Although the number of motors was down a bit this year, the collective show of interesting and great looking motors was again fantastic. The awards were provided by the Great Lakes Chapter this year and, as such, we used the GLC guidelines for the Peoples' Choice Process. The results were tabulated by GLC President, Joe Brincat, and his "team" and Joe presented the following results: 

Category*	Place	Name			Motor
Orig. Ant.	1st 	B.J. Pawlaczyk		1929 Johnson A-45 in travel kit (complete) 
		2nd	Floyd Campbell		1949 Lauson 

Rest.  Ant.	1st	The  Mizen Team	1922 Johnson A
		2nd	Noel Harrington		1938 Johnson MS-38

Conc. Ant.	1st	David Shull		1915 Caille 5-speed RBM

Unus. Ant.	1st	Sam Vance		1923 Elto Quad prototype replica (recreated by Sam and
						based on two Elto Speedsters) 
		2nd	Bruce Reinhart		19?? Pioneer electric

Orig. Clas.	1st	Amy Harrington		1977 British Seagull
		2nd	Joe Kaczmar		1958 Mercury Mark 25

Rest. Clas.	1st	Ed Zaleski		1954 Martin Model 100

Conc. Clas.	1st	Roger Dykehouse	1951 Chris Craft Challenger
		2nd	Bill Guenther		1920 Gray Model U**

Unus. Clas.	1st	B.J. Pawlaczyk		19?? Buick "Racing" Motor (Mercury-based, one-of-a-kind
						concept motor with dual carbs, open exhaust and 								streamlined lower unit built at Buick by the lead designer of the 
						GM 3800 V6 engine)
		2nd	Ed Zaleski		1978 Volvo Penta 6 HP with extra long shaft

* Orig. = Original, Rest. = Restored, Conc. = Concours d'Elegance, Unus. = Unusual, Ant. = Antique and Clas. = 
   Classic

** Inadvertently registered entered in wrong category

Thanks to all of the participants for making the extra effort to bring motors to show and congratulations to all of the award winners. Thank you to the GLC for providing the awards and thank you to Joe Brincat and his team for overseeing this competition! 

Special Awards
We always seem to have special displays that don't qualify for awards under our Peoples' Choice Process but certainly help to make the meet something special and this year was no exception. Tim Kurcz brought his "Midnight Star" hydro with a turbocharged OMC 3-cylinder, 49 cubic-inch displacement "looper" motor. This rig had been shown at this meet before but now the boat & motor combo has some history of making demonstration "fly-byes" at the Hillsdale, Michigan outboard racing course and it is well known for being "scary fast." This rig was displayed with two other turbocharged motors: a 44 cubic inch Mercury four cylinder made from a Merc 500 motor and a 56 cubic-inch, 3-cylinder OMC looper. These motors were just mock-ups but the fabrication of a few remaining parts necessary to finish them is underway and they both could be running as early as next year. There is no APBA racing class for any of these 3 motors so they were or are being created to "push the envelope" and refine the technology. In appreciation for having Tim share this equipment with the attendees, Tim received a "Special Award" from host, Mark Suter. Thanks again, Tim... your display and willingness to answer questions about it during the meet was fabulous!

Flea Market
Many of the attendees brought boats, motors, motor parts, marine paraphernalia, etc. to sell or swap. The size of the "flea Market" and the quality of the merch was as impressive as ever and much of the hardware changed hands. Thanks to those that brought "stuff" to sell... most of us were absolutely delighted with our purchases.

Lunch & Finances
Coffee, tea and water were provided all day along with donut holes at no cost. Several people also brought in extra donuts which also seemed to magically disappear. Around noon, Elaine Suter and her team of family members & friends again served her traditional meal of Sloppy Joes, baked beans, cole slaw, potato chips, peach half with lemon curd, cider (or other beverage) and dessert for a donation of $6. The fabulous dessert table featured several "crisps", pies from Mark Majcher, "no bake" cookies from Linda Brock and chocolate chip cookies. A total of 143 people were served and that brought in revenues of $884 (there were several donations that exceeded the suggested amount). Because Elaine's crew cooked for considerably more people than were served, there was some concern about not breaking even. Most of the leftovers were donated to Serenity House, a local assisted-living home for elderly people. A spreadsheet on the meet finances is as follows: 

Revenues:
Donations for lunch										$884.00
Buy-backs: 5 containers of Sloppy Joe meat @ $5 each and 2 gallons of cider @ $4 each		     33.00
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								Total Revenues			$917.00

Expenses:
10-18-2015 at Dean Bower Farm: 45# gr. beef at $3.50/# (no receipt)				$157.50
10-18-2015 at roadside stand: 9 peppers (no receipt)						    $3.45
10-19-2015 at GFS: Misc. food related items (see receipt)					$191.00
10-21-2015 at GFS: Misc. food related items (see receipt)					  $53.94
10-22-2015 at My-Can: 3 porta-potty rentals (no receipt)					$240.00
10-22-2015 at Kroger: Misc. food related items (see receipt)					  $15.03
10-23-2015 at GFS: Misc. food-related items (see receipt)					  $68.64
10-23-2015 at VG's: Misc. food-related items (see receipt)					  $73.92
10-23-2015 at Meijer's: Misc. food-related items (see receipt)					  $52.84	
From our freezer: 2 pkgs of Meijer's gr. beef (no receipt but sold for what we paid)		  $15.85
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								Total Expenses			$872.17

Bottom Line:					Total Revenues - Total Expenses	=		  $44.83 Profit

The Treasurers of the GLC & WC have each been sent a profit sharing check or money order for $22.42... it's not all that much but the good news is we didn't lose any money!
 
Thanks
As most of you know, it takes a lot of help to prepare for and put on an event of this size. I always fly many of my family members in to help. But there are always many more family members and friends that pitch in and assist in a variety of ways that help to make the meet run like clockwork. Hopefully, most, if not all, of the "helpers" are included in the following list:

	Joe Brincat			Linda Brock			Cheryl Cobb			
	Jeff Cobb			Ken Cobb			Amy Hill
	George Hill			Theresa Kamensky		Gina Kraft			
	Mark Majcher			Cara Newby			Kevin Newby			
	Alicia Suter			Jeff Suter			Jody Suter
	Mary Suter			Ginny Vance

You may note that I have not included the people that helped transport tables and chairs back to the storage corner after the meet... there were just too many people to mention. This really helps save Elaine's and my backs and is VERY much appreciated. 

If I have forgotten anyone on the above list, I can assure you it was inadvertent. Assuming Elaine's & my health 
holds up, we will host another Byron Swap Meet in 2016.

								Mark Suter			

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