2021 Cannonball Recap
Opening Weekend at Dale's Wheels Through Time!We had the honor of hosting Stage 8 of the 2021 Motorcycle Cannonball on September 17th, 2021. It was a day filled with amazing motorcycles, unique individuals, and lots of great conversations. The Motorcycle Cannonball is...
2021 Motorcycle Cannonball to Visit Dale’s Wheels Through Time
2021 Motorcycle Cannonball to Visit Dale's Wheels Through Time2021 Motorcycle CannonballWe are thrilled to announce that the 2021 Motorcycle Cannonball will be pit-stopping at the museum on September 17th. The Motorcycle Cannonball is a biannual event that sees...
19th Anniversary Weekend!
19th Anniversary at Dale's Wheels Through Time!Celebrating 19 Years of Motorcycle HistoryWe're celebrating our 19th Anniversary July 1st-5th, so come out and see us! We're open Thursday - Monday 10 AM to 5 PM. Our founder Dale Walksler came to Maggie Valley, NC, with...
New Worlds Fastest Model A
New - Worlds Fastest Model AOur newest addition to the museum is here -The World's Fastest Ford Model A! The car, a custom-built 1932 Ford Model A land-speed car, was owned and raced by Lawson Chenoweth and fabricated by Tommy Daniels. First raced at Bonneville in...
New Speedster Runabout
New Speedster RunaboutTake a look at the newest addition to the Dale's Wheels Through Time collection, a Boat-tail Speedster Cycle-car. The car was built around 1925 by Chrysler Motor Company founder Walter P. Chrysler for his son Jack. The museum acquired the machine...
Opening Weekend at Dale’s Wheels Through Time!
Opening Weekend at Dale's Wheels Through Time!We're gearing up for opening day next Thursday, April 1st, and we're opening our 2021 season with a bang! We spent the winter enhancing exhibits and restoring new old bikes. We even managed to track down historic machines...
New 1938 Harley-Davidson UL
New 1938 Harley-Davidson ULFresh out of Wheels Through Time Restoration Shop is this 1938 Harley-Davidson ULH! Matt started the build of this bike with a set of original 1938 Harley U Model cases and a 1938 Harley Knucklehead Big Twin frame. He then added lots of...
Wheels Through Time Founder, Dale Walksler, Passes Away
Wheels Through Time Founder, Dale Walksler, Passes AwayDale Walksler, founder and curator of Wheels Through Time Museum passed away peacefully at home on February 3, 2021 after a courageous four-year battle with cancer. In 1967, at the age of 15, Walksler built his...
New 1912 Harley-Davidson Twin
New 1912 Harley-Davidson Twin1912 Harley-Davidson Twin - While 1912 marked the second year for a twin-cylinder motorcycle for Harley-Davidson, it was also the debut of their 61c.i. model and the introduction of a rear chain drive, replacing the primitive flat belt...
Jared Harding Wins 18th Annual WTT Motorcycle Raffle (2020)
2020 Raffle DayNovember 14th saw beautiful sunny skies and amazing historic motorcycles come together as Dale's Wheels Through Time Museum held their 18th annual motorcycle raffle. The museum, which houses the nation's premier collection of rare and vintage American...
Tough Choices on the 41
The '41 Knucklehead Restoration Shifts Into High GearIt has been a busy month in the shop here at Wheels Through Time, but we’re keeping a hot pace with our 1941 FL Knucklehead project. Like many projects here at the museum, this one came to us disassembled as far any...
Motorcycle Racing History Rewritten
This past season at Dale’s Wheels Through Time, we uncovered the incredible lost racing history of one of the bikes in our collection. For ten years, the FLXI sidecar racer sat in the museum with only a name faintly visible on the sidecar; Cliff Palmer. Little was known about Palmer or his racing career until his great-grandson, Andrew Hinckley, got in touch with us here at the museum. Andrew not only had Cliff Palmer’s 1926 National..
2023 Shop Update
January 2023 Shop UpdateOn any typical day in the Wheels Through Time winter off season, you can expect to see an empty parking lot and a darkened lobby. That’s not to say that the sound and hustle about the museum is absent; in fact it's quite present. Just a short...