The 13th Great Willys Picnic, Car Show and Swap Meet

[Bob W]

The Great Willys Picnic, Car Show and Swap Meet

June 10, 2012 from 9 am - 4 pm at the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad
located in Kempton, Pennsylvania
http://www.kemptontrain.com

It's time to plan for the 13th annual Great Willys Picnic, Car Show and Swap Meet. All vehicles are welcome: stock, modified, projects, CJs, Wagons, Trucks, Jeepsters, Military, Cars and even GPWs! Every pre-1970 Willys vehicle is eligible to win door prizes. This show has grown into the largest Northeast Willys event. Over 45 vehicles and hundreds of enthusiasts were present at last year's picnic. There is plenty of space for selling your spare parts in the swap meet area. Bring your Willys memorabilia and interesting parts for show and tell. Be sure to arrive early because at 3:00 PM the door prize winners are announced and awarded. Bring your own picnic lunch or purchase food at the refreshment stand.

The Picnic will be held on the grounds of the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad located in the scenic village of Kempton, Pennsylvania. This is a great setting to display our classic Willys vehicles, as well as entertainment for the entire family. Also on-site is the Schuykill & Lehigh Model Railroad Club's HO model train display.

As always the Willys Picnic, Show and Swap is free. Plan to take the optional train ride for a very reasonable fee.

See the website for up to date Picnic information.
http://www.cj3a.info/picnic

[Bob W]

Well the groundhog saw his shadow, there's 6 more weeks of winter. Plenty of time to get your Jeep ready for the Willys Picnic in June!

[Bob W]

Here is some local information for people making plans to attend the Picnic.

Some local places to stay and eat.

For Camping Blue Rocks campground.
http://www.bluerockscampground.com

Nice Local bed and breakfast (less then 2 miles from the show) Pamela's forget Me Not Cottage.
http://www.pamelasforgetmenot.com

For local eats and a beer stop by the Kempton Hotel (9910 Kistler Valley Road Kempton, PA 19529
(610) 756-6588s) It is with in walking distance of the train station.

Hamburg is the closest town. (around 12 miles west of Kempton off I-78) You'll find places to eat as well as Walmart, fuel etc. You will also find the large Cabella's outfitters!
http://www.cabelas.com/retail-stores-hamburg.shtml

There is an inn as well in Hamburg.
Microtel Inn And Suites Hamburg
50 Industrial Dr Hamburg, PA 19526 United States of America
1-866-599-6674
http://travela.priceline.com/microtel-i ... GPA#review

Fogelsville Pa is also close (right off I-78 to the east of the show around 15 miles away.) There are a few hotels there as well.

[Ted Schwartz]

What a perfect place to hold this event. Beautiful grounds...and trains! Should be some great photo ops. My MB and I look forward to being there.

[Bob W]

Ted,

Are you bringing an MZ-2 to the show? I really like radio jeeps!

Bob

[Ted Schwartz]

I will try to make this show with the MZ-2. Only problem as a radio jeep is that it has no radios.
I have the TCS radio but need a ton of other parts (and money!) in order to even start thinking about installing it. Still a nice USMC MB, at least in my book.

[Bob W]

I can't wait to see your MZ-2

[Bob W]

Be sure to mark The Great Willys Picnic on your calendar now. This show/swap has grown into the largest Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Willys specific event!!

[Bob W]

Less than a month to go!!! The show is going to be bigger and better this year. We are also having more awards. In addition to the "normal" best of show awards we will have "project" and "most original" categories. There will also be random door prize drawings for anyone who brings a vehicle. Bring whatever you have, even if it's not done yet!

[Bob W]

Just one week to go!!!! We are going to have a lot more things going on this year than ever before

[Ted Schwartz]

Hope to be there but not sure what time or for how long. So far the weather looks like it will cooperate more than my schedule!

[Ted Schwartz]

What a perfect spot to hold this event! Plenty of room to spread out in a beautiful setting. And trains!
There should be some great photo ops as well. My MB and I are looking forward to it!

[Bob W]

Thanks for bringing your MZ Jeep Ted. It was great to see a radio Jeep!!!

[Bob W]

What a Great Willys Picnic we had this year. Many thanks to Seth King and his entire family for making this year's Picnic the best ever! The sky was blue and the sun was shining on 65 registered vehicles plus many parts vendors and tons of spectators. The Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad was the perfect venue for our Willys Show and Swap. I spoke with enthusiasts from Maine to North Carolina to South Africa and many places in between. Hopefully everyone had a chance to take the train ride and see the Schuykill & Lehigh Model Railroad Club's HO model train display. We also had two different Willys PTO driven buzz saw demonstrations during the day. Near the end of the day trophies were awarded in seven different categories to Jeep owners. One lucky person went away with $56.00 from the 50/50 drawing. Many random drawing door prizes were given out to the vehicle owners. After the awards we did a Willys Cruise around the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside. We are planning to have the next Willys Picnic on Sunday June 9, 2013 at the same location.

Special thanks to this year's sponsors.
Walcks 4WD – Gift certificates and “TightSteer” tensioners
Hanson Mechanical Restorations – Contest trophies
Slot Grill Classic Calendars – Holy Toledo Calendars
JB's Jeeps – Dash plaques
Terry Fairchild – Steering wheel puller
Spring Midwest Willys Reunion – Tee shirts and baseball cap
Jackdor Films – DVD
OK4WD – Advertising

Check out some photos on the Picnic's website here...
www.cj3a.info/picnic