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5/30 – 5/31 > The Willys Jeep Rally College Corner, OH
6/8 > The Great Willys Picnic Kempton, PA
As we pause to remember and honor those who gave their lives this and every Memorial Day, I took a look back at some of the past generations and how the Jeep and Willys were used throughout various Parades and Celebrations.
Parades and large events can be really tricky to coordniate all the moving parts, this one must have been interesting when a Jeep was stolen from the Parade set up in MD during their 1950 Parade. I was not able to locate the resolution to this one!
SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!!! TOMORROW 5/25 HACKETTSTOWN, NJ
Update: 5/25 6:30PM EST…
I posted an update on OWF of today’s adventures was a great show and fun time, jump over there if you wanted to check it out.
https://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/index.php?threads/230_ohc-1963-wagon.29911/page-8#post-401547
Taking the Wagon, got it cleaned up and ready for the show tomorrow. If anyone stops in track me down, typically in a Purple shirt and will be volunteering so will be all around. My buddy is always a good helper.
Almost that time, been a lot of rain this year but it looks like a wonderful Sunday should be a great turnout based on the previous rain outs at so many other events. Either way this is Rain or Shine, but looking nice for tomorrow. Stop by and see us, I’m helping in the Vendor Food Truck area and then pretty much all over where needed.
Getting the Wagon out today and geared up for tomorrow at M&M Mars Hackettstown, NJ
Also please don’t forget next weeks The Willys Jeep Rally in College Corner, OH. Will be posting reminders about this show next week as well. 
UPDATE: 5/19/2025
Show is coming up quickly, in addition to the normal goodie bag for entrants. I will be out there and will have some small things to give to any Willys folks who stop by and check out the show. You don’t need to bring a Willys it’s a great family friendly event. Hope to see you there.
This is an awesome show, we had a few Willys out last year and had a good time for a great local organization. I’ve been going last 6 years as a volunteer. Mars Wrigley does a wonderful job and always lots of give aways and family friendly event.
29th Annual Car Show – Sunday, May 25, 2025 Mars Wrigley 800 High Street, Hackettstown NJ 07840 Makers of M&M’S® Chocolate Candies
https://hackettstownrotary.org/
32nd Annual Spring WILLYS Jeep Reunion & Swap Meet
http://www.willysreunion.com/swr25.htm
May 16 – 17, 2025
North Canton, Ohio
Please join us for the 32nd Annual Spring Willys Reunion being held on the grounds of the Hilton Garden Inn, North Canton, Ohio May 16-17, 2025.
As always, the show will feature vintage Willys Jeep vehicles, a large swap meet area where you can find a variety of new old stock and good used parts to help you restore your Jeep and keep it original and on the road for years to come.
Registration for the event is just $20 no matter how many vehicles your bring, $5 if you don’t.
Vendor and Swap spaces along our new “Vendor Row” are $30 for all the space you need. We please ask that you set up in this designated area to help keep this more organized and easy to bring in a vehicle for loading larger parts.
Friday and Saturday we will have special technical presentations taking place by Sal Walter from Vintage Jeeper , and Joe DeYoung of Mad City Manufacturing under the big top.
New last year was the Farm Jeep “playground” area where you can demonstrate what kind of farming you can do with a Jeep. Feel free to bring your jeep and implements to showcase. There is a marked area on the south end of the grounds for this. Ground contact and digging implements are welcome.
As always, our Friday night picnic will be held on site and is free for all who registered for the show.
The Saturday night banquet has been moved to Saturday afternoon (tentative 1 pm) and will be held under the big top (bring your lawn chairs) and will again be provided by Sean Wagler and his traveling smoker. It will include a main entree, sides, soft drinks and deserts so be prepared with lawn chairs to enjoy the meal. Tickets for the banquet will be $25 each.
The 50/50, raffle and door prize drawings will also take place under the big-top tent during the banquet.
Sean will be selling lunch Friday and dinner Saturday from his food truck in the parking lot.
Tentative Schedule:
Friday:
Registration opens
Door prize drawings throughout the day
Sean set up for lunch
12 pm Tech Talk
Friday afternoon pizza party
Jeep Ride to a determined destination
Saturday
Registration opens
Door Prize drawings throughout the day.
12 pm Tech Talk?
1 pm Banquet and Raffle
6 pm Evening ice cream social
The Epic Mini Adventure (run by Scott Gilbert and Jonah Hodgkins) will take place at 4 pm for those interested. See them for details.
We also invite you to come a day early and wheel with us at:
The Offroad Park is hosting another event this weekend so we are searching for an alternative location…more to come
This is one show you really do not want to miss
Willys Only Event Wrightwood, CA May 10th, 2025
UPDATE 5/11/2025: Here are some photos shared on OWF from the event yesterday. Looks like a great turnout and was a great looking time!
UPDATE 5/3/2025: 1 WEEK TO GO! Please consider attending if you are able, will add in some photos to this post after the event. Some good give aways from some of our Willys Vendors!
SPECIAL NOTICE : The bank parking lot is reserved for the Spring Fling that makes our Gathering to move up 1 Street. In front of the Veterans Memorial by the Youdler. This shouldn’t be a problem as the Spring Fling starts at 11:00 am. This will add a little spice as this Fling will have vendors and a live band, and a beer booth.
Last year the event started at 9 am we were all on our way home by Noon as it was hot that day.
Try and let everybody know about this move to park at the upper street by the Veterans Memorial.
https://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/index.php?threads/may-10-2025-willys-only-gathering.30898/
Some great Willys only will be getting together on May 10th, 2025.
Vendors have provided some great gift certificates and swag, if in the area please consider stopping by.
Epic Willys Adventure 2025 Great Mitten Race
June 5th – 15th, starting and ending in Butler, PA.
https://www.epicwillysadventure.com
https://www.facebook.com/EpicWillysAdventure/
Russ sent along an update on this years Willys Rally, which takes place May 30th & 31st.
Ran across this event, 10th annual Salt Lake Off-Road and Outdoor Expo. Might be some Willys stuff here.
Feb 28th – March 1st
Volunteer opportunities are available.
It was posted on OWF as a cross post from ECJ5 about Novaks NovaDrive unit will be on display. It’s an overdrive for select transmissions, don’t have a ton of info on it, but seems like a coming soon deal.
But Novak is a great vendor to our Willys community providing some really slick transmission and powertrain swap products. They also have a great research area and library of information on all sorts of stuff.
No skin in the game here for eWillys, not associated with the event just sharing what looks to be a quality event if your in the Salt Lake area looking for something to do maybe check it out.
This weekend we tried pulling the trailer and jeep with the Alpine; I could rarely feel back there. I expect it will pull the tour jeep well also (when the time comes).
We spent part of this Labor Day weekend at the OverBored race, which is always a fun time. Unfortunately, the poor cell reception meant I couldn’t do updates while there, hence the delay in them.
While the jeep performed well, especially the power steering, thanks to the modifications I made to the pump, my deteriorating eye sight proved to be an insurmountable obstacle to success.
A year ago I had the detached retina. Prior to surgery in late August of 2023 I was warned that the surgery could cause the quick onset of a cataract. Following the surgery, everything seemed fine, but by Feb 2024 my left eye’s vision changed (cloudier with poor vision clarity) enough that I needed a new prescription. By May of 2024, the cataract rose to a 3 on a scale of 1-4, necessitating a new prescription, again. By late July, my eye sight declined further, so the eye-doc set me up with a Cataract clinic consult, but that won’t be until the end of October.
Nonetheless, I decided to try racing this weekend, as the jeep (and the Alpine coach) needed another shakedown, even though I figured the poor sight in the left eye might play into slow times. Sure enough, during my obstacle course run, while the jeep was raring to go, I hesitated quite a bit, as my glasses, which fit snuggly in my helmet, still vibrated slightly, leading me a few times to momentarily be unable to see where the course led. Though I completed the first race without making a mistake, I also knew I didn’t go as fast as I thought the jeep was capable of going.
For the second run, this time on the Cross Country course, I decided to be more aggressive. For example, I wanted to see how well the rear end kicked out around barrels, so I was more liberal with my sharp turns and gunning it, which, indeed, caused the jeep to spin nicely around the curves at time. Unfortunately, the speed caused me to make two mistakes. The first time I started to turn where there wasn’t a turn, but that time I just backed up, then got back on course. The second time I rocketed out into the open, only to lose track of which direction to go (it wasn’t well marked, but it’s still my fault). As a result, I ended up going around the outside of the course for about 50ft rather than staying in the correct lane. Basically, I guessed wrong.
For those times I could see, I was having a blast. I could feel what Leftovers was capable of doing and that felt great.
Rob Stafford and I talking while I waited my turn at the Cross Country course.
So, for me, that’s the end of the racing season this year. Hopefully, the cataract surgery occurs without issue (lots of folks report that it’s the best thing they’ve had done) and I can return next May with more success and more aggressive runs.
Anyway, here are some photos from this past weekend, thanks to Ann. We’ll start with a few valve-cover racing photos. Overbored runs this event each year. As the name implies, you build a rolling car from a valve cover. The valve car weight limit is 10lbs. The kids run their cars first, followed later by the adults. Here are some of the kid photos. The first shows Rob and Diana Stafford setting up the track.
Here I am Wednesday finishing up the lettering Ann made using her Cricut machine. We’ll see if they hold up!
On Thursday we loaded up for our six-hour drive to the west side of the state for Summer Convention. This weekend was very much a test weekend, for the motorhome, for the race jeep, for the trailer carrying the race jeep, etc. And, it didn’t take long for us to run into a problem. When I attempted to hook the trailer to the back of the motorhome, I discovered the hitch and ball did not sit low enough, so when I hooked up the trailer, it was sitting at too much of an angle. Arghhhh! Since we planned to take the truck anyway (just in case we had a problem), we just hooked the trailer to the truck, which Ann drove.
Race jeep loaded and ready for the road.
We arrived early to get a good camping spot and to get through the tech inspection. An old jeep friend Mike Julsrud was manning the clipboard, so it was great to catch up with him. Many ears ago we raced against each other in the 20 and under class, called the “Under the Hill Gang”; these days, we are “way over the Hill Gang”, lol.
On Friday morning, following the 8am driver’s meeting, Ann accompanied me and other racers on a parade lap of the obstacle and cross country courses. It’s a nice way for folks to tour the courses together, get a sense of where to drive, and a great community event. One concern bubbled up during our drive, the engine got a little hotter than it should have. One suggestion was that the timing might need to shift slightly, so I’ll give that a try. The good news is that, during my first run, the temp stayed where it should.
Me at the driver’s meeting with Betty Page and Lizzy in tow. The dogs came with us this weekend and, to our surprise and relief, were really well behaved!
As we waited for the parade lap to begin, Diana Stafford photo bombed us in the Stafford’s race jeep.
Here we are starting the parade lap on the obstacle course. This course was more wide open than the cross country course, which is where the jeeps went next. That truck in front of us wasn’t racing; it was just taking the opportunity to tour the track.
In this first video that Ann took, we were on the obstacle course, I was puttering along in 2nd gear, low range, but the video makes it seem like I was going faster:
Here’s a second video Ann shot just a few seconds later: Continue reading
UPDATE: Next weekend is the 10th Annual Southwest Ohio Jeep FC Gathering & Swap Meet. If you aren’t attending, but want to order a T-shirt, you can use this link to do that.
https://www.designsnow.biz/product-page/jeep-fc-gathering-tshirt-2024
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If you are interested in attending, contact Roger or Sharon for more info:
Roger and Sharon Martin’s Place
1905 Roxanna New Burlington Road Waynesville, OH 45068
937-477-5270 rogerjm55 @gmail.com