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HCEA Antique Construction Equipment Show
Come to the Historical Construction Equipment Association's 24th Annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition! Friday, Sept. 18th through Sunday, Sept. 20th, 2009!
The show features demonstrations of horse-drawn, gas and diesel-powered antique construction machinery, hit and miss engines, antique trucks, and much more! Equipment and vehicles built or powered by International Harvester is being featured, along with machines in the National Construction Equipment Museum collection.
Unlike our past shows at the Museum, we actually get to build something this year! Scrapers from the Museum’s collection will join those owned by HCEA members in digging a one-acre pond on the site, with the spoil being used to create a massive pile of dirt for the shovels and excavators.
Members of the Black Swamp Chapter of the American Truck Historical Society will be showing their vintage trucks on Saturday, and they’ll be joined by members from other chapters in the area.
We also feature historical displays, dozens of memorabilia vendors, and an equipment and parts auction Friday evening (consignments invited).
Show hours are Friday, 9:00 to dark; Saturday, 9 to 5; Sunday, 9 to 3. Admission per person 12 or over is $5.00 daily or $10.00 for a weekend pass. The show will be held at the National Construction Equipment Museum, 16623 Liberty Hi Road, Bowling Green, Ohio 43402. For more info, call the HCEA at 419-352-5616 or e-mail us at tberry@hcea.net.
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Now that sounds like a great show to go to.
This sounds like fun. I'm sure all antique Construction equipment and Farm tractors and implement owners share a common bond and; which is preserving the past. I think it would be fun to watch these vintage machines "strutt their stuff" building the pond.
Wouldn't it would be interesting to see how many of our readers have both Antique Agricultural and Construction equipment in their collections. I'll bet there are quite a few with maybe an antique scraper or backhoe. If you have both let us know what you have.
A lot of our members are also interested in antique (and even modern!) agricultural and logging equipment, trucks and trains. I even know of antique clock and amusement park buffs who also love the old iron.
You name it and I am sure someone out there is collecting it. I like the old equipment for many reasons. A antique tractor will always amaze me. How did someone invent or come up with the ideas to make a engine run, the ignition,the oil system, and to tie that to a transmission to actually pull equipment to get a job done. You look at any old tractor and it may be crude, but it worked, and to watch these old machines make a pond is icing on the cake.