Bantam History Exhibit Sponsors
Saturday August 11, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, August 12, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The American Bantam Car Company invented, developed and produced the world’s original Jeep in 1940. Don’t miss seeing an original BRC-40 and a Bantam Factory Service truck, the focal point of an exhibit that tells the story of how the jeep was born in Butler. The exhibit provides a rarely known perspective about the how Bantam won and lost the contract to build the vehicle the helped America win World War II. It is complemented by a display of other vehicles made in Butler.
