The Great Willys Picnic
Car Show and Swap Meet

June 14, 2009 from 10 am - 3 pm at the No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum
located at 9 Dock Street, Lansford, PA

Please note the new location for 2009!!!
The No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum is located at the foot of the Pocono Mountains, just off U.S. Route 209 in Lansford, Pennsylvania.  Located halfway between the historic towns of Jim Thorpe and Tamaqua. Click here for the No. 9 Mine & Museum web-site

It's time to plan for the 10th annual Great Willys Picnic, Swap Meet and Car Show. All vehicles are welcome: stock, modified, projects, CJs, Wagons, Trucks, Jeepsters, Military, Cars, and even GPW's! Every pre-1970 Willys vehicle is eligible to win contests and door prizes. Bring your Willys memorabilia and interesting parts for show and tell. Be sure to arrive early because at 3:00 PM the contest winners are announced and the prizes are awarded.

The picnic will be held on the grounds of the historic No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum, located at 9 Dock Street, Lansford, Pennsylvania. This is a great setting to display our classic Willys vehicles, as well entertainment for the whole family. Closed in 1972, the mine was re-opened as a heritage tourism attraction in 2002. Visitors can take a train ride into the mine to see and experience first hand what it was like for old time miners to work underground. There is also plenty to look at in the museum: work clothes hanging in wire baskets, tools including drills, picks, shovels, blasting equipment and even lunch cans, caps, and lamps! Exhibits include a life sized replica of a mule tender boy and his mine mule, a large photographic collection, handmade models, beautifully handcrafted items carved of coal, original paintings, railroad artifacts, fossils and gems, a model of a coal colliery (made for the New York Worlds Fair), maps, signs, and a mucking machine, coal fired furnace, a replica of an 1800’s miner's kitchen, and much more.

In case of rain we will also have access to the Picnic Pavilion. As always, the Willys Picnic, Show and Swap Meet is free. The optional Mine Tour & Museum admission is only $7.00 per person; Museum Only just $3.00 per person.

If you are planning to attend, bring a vehicle, or have any questions please send an e-mail by clicking here.

Click here for Driving Directions to the event.

The Picnic is held each year on the second Sunday in June (the Sunday before Fathers Day).


Sponsors

Walck's Four Wheel Drive

700 Cedar St., Bowmanstown, PA 18030 Tel: 610 852-3110 Fax: 610 852-3111
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Be sure to attend the 2nd Annual Mason-Dixon Willys Jeep Gathering
Sunday Oct. 26, 2008 Union Mills Homestead, Westminster, MD 21158.
Find out more at Jeep Chasm.

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Past events

The Great Willys Picnic 2008
 
If you did not attend The Great Willys Picnic this year you missed a fun filled Willys day! The sun was shining on 19 Willys vehicles and many other attendees at the Picnic in Big Pocono State Park. Grills were cooking up all sorts of tasty-smelling lunches. Familiar faces were mixed in with newcomers and everyone was enjoying the many vintage Jeeps and accessories. Walck's Four Wheel Drive provided the awards for the people's choice contest and door prizes, as well as goody bags for all attendees. Carl and Dan also answered a multitude of technical questions for the crowd. In addition to the great winning vehicles, all other Jeep enthusiasts were eligible to win gift certificates to Walck's Four Wheel Drive just for bringing their Willys out for the day to share with everyone. For those whose Willys are "under re-construction" we enjoyed checking out the progress from the photo albums - and look forward to seeing the live versions at next year's picnic. The swap meet was a big success as usual.  Sheet metal, a Harrison heater and even a rear PTO were up for grabs, as well as many other hard to find parts. It was another fun day chatting with all the Willys enthusiasts and seeing the variety of Jeeps. I can't wait for next year's picnic on Sunday, June 14th.

Click here for a couple photos from 2008.

 Click here for some 2007 photos

Click here for a few photos from 2006.

Click here to link to photos from previous years.

Click here to see the May/June 2007 Low-Range Magazine article featuring The Great Willys Picnic.
Visit the Low-Range Magazine web-site.

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