BOYERTOWN MUSEUM OF HISTORIC VEHICLES TO HOST ITS 59TH ANNUAL DURYEA DAY

from the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

Saturday, August 30, 2025 – The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles is pleased to announce it will host the 59th Annual Duryea Day on Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Boyertown Community Park, located at 419 South Madison Street in Boyertown. Each year, the Museum, in partnership with the Pottstown Region A.A.C.A., hosts an antique & classic car & truck show and flea market, intended to strengthen community ties and raise important funding for the Museum’s operations and the maintenance of its collections and facilities. Hundreds of vehicles will be on display throughout the park.

New this year: KooKoo The Cartoon Magician will perform two hours of close-up magic during the show. Special Feature: Members of the Horseless Carriage Club of America will display their vehicles, which are all 1915 or earlier and in running condition! This year’s show will also feature several delicious food trucks and vendors, including Johnny’s Pizza, Moyer’s Catering, The Peppermint Stick Candy Store & Ice Cream Parlor, Cosmic Kettle Corn, Rocky Top Concessions, and Helping Hands. Day-of-show registration for show vehicles is also available—all makes, models, and years are welcome.

Spectator admission is $10 for adults, free for ages 12 & under. Spectator admission includes both the Park and the Museum. Shuttle service is available between the Park and the Museum throughout the event.

Event attendees should stop by the Museum, too. New to the Museum’s collection: A 1965 Serro Scotty Gaucho Camping Trailer. John Serro, founder of Serro Scotty, was one of ten children and was always regarded as a hard worker. He had only a fourth-grade education but managed to open his very own auto dealership in Herminie, Pennsylvania, selling Dodge and Plymouth automobiles. Business was good, and Serro later opened two garages in Irwin, as well. In 1956, he sold his businesses and retired. As a 55-year-old retiree, Serro encountered some bad weather on a camping trip on July 4, 1956. It was during this trip that he had an idea: a bed, sink, two-burner stove, and dinette all enclosed in a 13-foot trailer, which could fit in the standard garage.

Serro sketched the first trailer on the back of a calendar, and, when he returned from camping, Serro set to work building the Scotty Sportsman. Production of Serro Scotty trailers ceased after a factory fire, but the company operates today as Mobile Concepts Specialty Vehicles, building task-specific vehicles and trailers.

The 59th Annual Duryea Day is sponsored locally by Truist, Gabelsville Athletic Association, Quigley Bus Service, Morell Funeral Home, Camping World, Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre, Mister Softee, and Suburban Water Technology.

The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1965 by Paul and Erminie Hafer. The Museum, located at 85 South Walnut Street in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, preserves and displays examples of Pennsylvania's road transportation history in the former factory buildings of the Boyertown Auto Body Works. Over ninety locally manufactured cars, trucks, carriages, bicycles, and motorcycles are on display, as well as three examples of roadside architecture--a 1921 cottage-style Sunoco gas station, a 1938 Jerry O'Mahony diner, and an early 20th-century “Tip Top” tourist cabin. The Museum is open seven days a week, 9:30 am-4 pm. Contribution rate is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and AAA members, and ages 12 & under are free. For more information, call 610-367-2090 or visit www.boyertownmuseum.org.

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