The Jiffy Jeep Team disassembles and reassembles a Jeep in the middle of Main Street in three minutes before driving off.

From Butler County Community College, along Route 8 and into Butler, it was a sea of Jeeps Friday night.

About 1,300 Jeeps were organized at BC3 for the two-hour parade, which thousands of people saw downtown.

The Jeeps came in all kinds of makes, models, years and colors.

The parade kicked off the weekend Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival.

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Supplying a bit of entertainment, bagpiper MatthewKearns of Butler plays from a Jeep during the parade.

Debbie Gualdino dresses as Rosie the Riveter on Friday night in the Bantam Jeep Parade.

Devendra Singh Rajawat, left, who came from India,owns two Jeeps that were used during World War II. He rides with Dean Straffin of Oil City, who owns the same model vehicles.

These owners display the spirit of the Jeep — mud and guts — at the parade.

This 61-year-old Jeepster rides through downtown.

Richard Probst, waving in back, grandson of Jeep designer Karl Probst, rides in the lead vehicle, an original Bantam Jeep.

In an evening full of unusual vehicles, this 1961 Jeep Forward Control arrived from Ohio.

Jeeps motor along the General Richard Butler Bridge on their way to downtown during the Jeep parade Friday night.