Wheels Through Time - WTT in Print

WTT in Print

"Dale Walksler has taken Wheels Through Time from a question mark to the benchmark of american motorcycling history."

November 28, 2005
Dave Munganest-Motorcycle Hall of Famer
St. Louis, MO motorcycle/automobile dealer extrordinaire
WTT board member

Over the years, Wheels Through Time Museum has made the news countless times. Here are just a few.

American Iron

In the April 2008 issue of American Iron, Editor Buzz Kanter stops by Wheels Through Time for a tour of the museum. WTT's rare 1940 Hemi-Head Crocker is also featured, with a great commentary from AIM's classics editor, Jim Babchak.

Vintage Motorcycles

In the Winter 2006 edition of Vintage Motorcycles, writer, Bendan Dooley gave WTT 8 pages in The Museum That Lives article. Here are a couple of the images in the spread. Awesome magazine!
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The Antique Motorcycle

The Antique Motorcycle - Winter 2005

"Simply Amazing! We can't think of another museum that can offer this feature. This is as real as it gets. No canned demonstration on a video monitor."Referring to Dale kick-starting a display bike.

Marquee

Marquee - Winter 2005/2006
by William G. Carrington-Photos by Tom Raymond

"The museum has garnered honors from both motoring and tourism orgnaizations, including the coveted AAA-GEM (Great Experience for Members) designation, which the museum shares with the Biltmore Estates, among others. In addition, the Antique Auto Club of America (AACA) presented Wheels Through Time its Museum of the Year award."

Motolegende

Even the French can appreciate Dale's
passion for bikes!

Here Dale is pictured in the 2005 July/August edition of Motolegende on his 1955 Harley Davidson 750 KRTT in Daytona Beach. I'd put a clip of the article in here but my French is not so good!

Honda RedRider

Honda gives Wheels Through Time a great write up!

"It's not just a museum, it's a gearhead's dream come true." says Honda RedRider magazine in it's 2004 July/August issue. It continues on to say...

According to Mirriam-Webster's Dictionary, a treasure is "a collection of precious things that is very much valued." After a day's visit to the Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, it becomes clear there are two great treasures to experience - a jaw-dropping collection of 240 vintage American motorcycles and automobiles dating back to 1903, and the curator of this grand display himself, museum founder, Dale Walksler.

Rider Magazine

In February of 2004, Alan Mayes from Rider Magazine wrote:

Our visit (to WTT museum) was an extension of a few days; stay near Gatlinburg, TN. One hour on some of the best motorcycle roads in the east brought us right ot the door of the Wheels Through Time All-American Transportation Museum. Maggie Valley, nestled in the southwest corner of North Carolina, is only accessible by the dotted-line scenic roads. It is 30 minutes from Asheville, just a few miles off the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the base of the Smoky Mountains.

Robb Report Motorcycling

In the Fall 2004 issue of Rob Report Motorcycling, Neale Bayly profiles Dale's one-off prototype 1936 Harley Davidson. The article is called Myrtle and the Bike that Never Was.

Robb Report Motorcycle Article

HogTales:The Journal of the H.O.G. Experience

In the July/August 2004 issue of HogTales:The Journal of the H.O.G. experience, Clement Salvadori wrote about a trip to Richmond, VA via the Blue Ridge Parkway. He writes:

Maggie Valley has about a thousand motels rooms to rent and the Wheels Through Time Museum to visit. No Harley rider should miss seeing that place.The museum has more than 200 American-built motorcycles on display but they are not necessarily shiny do-not-touch objects, as they all work. Curator Dale Walksler will cheerfully fire up a Harley-Davidson 1936 Knucklehead, Steve McQueen's 1917 military motorcycle, and Evel Knievel's 1970 H-D jump bike, as well as a Henderson Four or any number of other bikes as he shows you around. It is a great show!