73-year-old Jeep Willy shows Jeepers how to beat the mud pit
WORTH TWP — "She ain't failed me yet,“ Jeep owner Patty Wager said as she waited for chance to drive through the mud pit in her gray and pink Wrangler, affectionately named Jeepsy Soul.
“We’re going to try to like (heck),” Wagner said,“ and she hasn’t been stuck yet.”
Despite the confidence, Jeepsy Soul did indeed get stuck.
Jeepsy Soul met the same fate of many Jeeps attempting to cross the mud pit at the Jeep Playground Event at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Fesitval on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Cooper’s Lake Campground. An almost endless row of a variety of Jeeps lined up in an effort to cross a muddy trench, spanning about 8 feet, to no avail.
That was until a 1950 Willys Jeep CJ-3A showed up.
It was not clear that Dwayne Hare’s pride and joy was going to make it over the muddy hurdle that had been plaguing Jeep drivers all day. Hare’s tires seemed to be spinning in place, just inches from clearing the pit.
