'Eddie Munster' Will Attend Hackettstown Car Show

The man who played the character of Eddie Munster on the hit 1960s television show "The Munsters," Butch Patrick, will be making his way to Hackettstown this weekend during the Memorial Madness Car Show.

The car show, hosted by Valhalla Auto Restoration & Fabrication of Blairstown and the Hackettstown Rotary Club, will be held at Mars headquarters in Hackettstown on Sunday. Classic muscle cars will be showcased, such as a Pontiac GTO, 1968 Camaro and 1965 Mustang. Also, a 1948 Cadillac and NCRS Top Flight Award-Winning 1968 Corvette will be shown.

Hundreds of cars from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania are brought by their owners between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thousands of attendees are expected, according to a press release for the event.

Proceeds from the show will benefit the Joan Knechel Cancer Center in Hackettstown Regional Medical Center.

“As a prostate cancer survivor, it is my privilege to be supporting this event with Valhalla Auto Restoration and the Hackettstown Rotary” Patrick said. “I love to give back to the community wherever I make appearances.”