Did We Just Find The Most FAMOUS Harley Racer EVER?

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  • čas přidán 24. 08. 2023
  • Dale's Wheels Through Time Museum, located in Maggie Valley, NC, features over 375 American motorcycles, unique cars, and transportation history.
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  • @kohlerK331
    @kohlerK331 Před 10 měsíci +97

    In 1977 I bought a very tired 1972 XLCH Sportster, I was 25. In 1978 I took the engine to Pucket Motors in Orlando for them to do a major rebuild on it not just the top-end. I'm now 71 and I;m still riding this quick Sportster. The engine hasn't been apart since Pucket put it together.

    • @kelliegrase4658
      @kelliegrase4658 Před 10 měsíci +6

      Oh wow that’s so cool

    • @lancecrocket2391
      @lancecrocket2391 Před 9 měsíci +5

      Your bike is a rolling history book in itself. Awesome!!

    • @glennjames7107
      @glennjames7107 Před 9 měsíci +4

      That's pretty damn cool, the engine hasn't been into since the ealy seventies when you had it rebuilt!

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Před 9 měsíci +2

      wow👍🏿

    • @zagokicksrocks
      @zagokicksrocks Před 6 měsíci +5

      Awesome man I actually just got my first Harley back in august I’m 13 and it’s a 77 sportster xlh

  • @RobotLegJim
    @RobotLegJim Před 10 měsíci +81

    Personal thanks to the family for donating this to the museum!!
    It’s where it belongs! 😎

    • @williamhoeweler8259
      @williamhoeweler8259 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Amen brother I've been to the museum and it's a absolute time capsule. The old man had a vision and made it reality. And I love the fact people donate their history to preserve it. It's a very unselfish thing to let go of these treasures so everyone can hear the story and relive the past or learn about it.

  • @desaint4952
    @desaint4952 Před 10 měsíci +32

    that is awesome I am so happy they donated it to the Wheels Through Time Museum

  • @Shelly_Rie
    @Shelly_Rie Před 10 měsíci +16

    Wow, I’m so glad this was donated to Wheels Through Time Museum! Thank you Lee and family for allowing all of us to enjoy it now, too!

  • @atcjoe1600
    @atcjoe1600 Před 10 měsíci +23

    Another great piece of Motorsport history right where it belongs. And a cool story to go with it.

  • @seather863
    @seather863 Před 10 měsíci +31

    Fantastic history!! Thank you Lee for donating this beautiful Harley!! Couldn't of been donated to a better museum. Can't wai to see it in person.

  • @BackroadExploits
    @BackroadExploits Před 10 měsíci +22

    The collection continues to age nicely! So cool that people are so generous to ensure these bikes are preserved in the museum for all to see.

  • @markbrown-us4xe
    @markbrown-us4xe Před 10 měsíci +6

    I kept adding Zeros to this Bike and the story was getting better and better.
    How could the Museum afford this and not let it get away.
    Totally hit me like Bricks when they said it a donation.
    Got to love that Family and hope they all got to Ring the Bell.
    Thanks!!!

  • @Redeye5978
    @Redeye5978 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Of all the motorcycle collections this family knew WTT was and is the one and only premier collection that would take this beautiful bike to the next level of presentation of this historic bike CONGRATULATIONS Matt and WTT on the latest addition 👏

  • @marty0715yt
    @marty0715yt Před 10 měsíci +12

    What a great tribute to give that bike from HISTORY for display. Only place that can do justice to it. Every bike gets better and better. Congrates!!!!!!!!!! The pictures are what impresses me.

  • @tomploeg2260
    @tomploeg2260 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Can't wait to hear this one running mat

  • @sporty196071
    @sporty196071 Před 10 měsíci +7

    What a bike !! They did a great job in picking the right place for history. Now I have over a thousand reasons to show up at your door.

  • @stevesalvage1089
    @stevesalvage1089 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Fantastic! What a machine , and the best place for it so the world can see it , so exciting,

    • @volvo09
      @volvo09 Před 10 měsíci +3

      All the memorabilia will also have a great place to be displayed near the bike, it's really cool to see.

  • @A-Cat-in-Dogtown
    @A-Cat-in-Dogtown Před 10 měsíci +4

    Thank you Matt, Dale would be proud!

  • @robertcribb3859
    @robertcribb3859 Před 10 měsíci +5

    That hot rod is a Beautiful piece of H D history and the Puckett family

  • @AdamPrue-de5tw
    @AdamPrue-de5tw Před 10 měsíci +6

    I can see Dale's big smile still!!! Nice work to all involved, and especially the family's that help keep Dale's dream running.

  • @browngreen933
    @browngreen933 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Looks a lot like my yellow 1948 Panhead chopper built in 1971 in my dad's garage.

  • @volvo09
    @volvo09 Před 10 měsíci +7

    How cool is that! All the stuff that came with it was awesome, what a donation.

  • @roderickmoyer9851
    @roderickmoyer9851 Před 10 měsíci +7

    What a cool history piece, I’m in Central Florida and I got a great history lesson thank you for sharing and thank you to the family for letting this bike be shared…

  • @user-mq9mw8fq6n
    @user-mq9mw8fq6n Před 10 měsíci +6

    Beautiful piece of history.

  • @UncleChester
    @UncleChester Před 10 měsíci +3

    I love Matt's story telling. He laid his hands on that bike like he was blind and was able to tell us about every single part and the history of it.

  • @RK57AZ
    @RK57AZ Před 10 měsíci +3

    I came across your channel when B&B brought down the bike you built the engine on for the first start and ride.
    It is rare to see someone with so much passion and knowledge who loves to share it with anyone who has that little sparkle in the corner of their eye with a need for help with their dream!
    What’s even more amazing is that your passion extends to all bikes!
    I’ve loved Harley’s all my life but, my lust for speed and handling led me to rice burners!
    I didn’t and still don’t care what a person rides as long as they enjoy the freedom a bike offers them!
    All I ask of them is to ride safe and try a safety riding class to help stay alive!
    Really enjoy your content and enthusiasm for bikes!
    As always, stay safe and healthy!
    Ron

  • @danielseymour6726
    @danielseymour6726 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Can't wait to check this bike out. Hope to see y'all soon. Planning a road trip.

  • @peteradely885
    @peteradely885 Před 10 měsíci +1

    To anyone viewing these Wheels thru time Videos, I say go visit this museum. We were there in 2018 and its simply a place to see Special Motorcycles. There is no place that displays history so well also. For me it was a treat we staayed at a local Motel so we could spend the day there. Thanks for such a special treat.

  • @jcricket-vr5xr
    @jcricket-vr5xr Před 10 měsíci +5

    What incredible history

  • @clintdenman3037
    @clintdenman3037 Před 10 měsíci +2

    That was so amazing and the family couldn't have put that bike in a better place where everyone gets to see it and hear about the history.

  • @michaelsorrentino9279
    @michaelsorrentino9279 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Matt has done a stellar job of operating the place since passed !!!

  • @markwhitney9175
    @markwhitney9175 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Incredible! Thank you Matt and your staff for keeping WTT alive and relevant.

  • @Boreascorax
    @Boreascorax Před 10 měsíci +4

    I wonder if those exhaust pipes were the inspiration for D&D/Jammer's drag pipes that they marketed in the early '70s. I always thought they were really nice looking, though I doubt they did much if anything for performance in a street machine.

  • @garyseaton4619
    @garyseaton4619 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you to the family for donating this groundbreaking machine to the place it belongs. It will receive the care it deserves and be forever housed in the most incredible museum of motorcycling history. I can't wait to see it in person...

  • @lindseychaney7031
    @lindseychaney7031 Před 10 měsíci +1

    So awesome, lewis and bill were my uncles! My family loves motorcycles. :)

  • @jake6618
    @jake6618 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Great score. Another great asset for Wheels Through Time. Congratulations.

  • @user-wm1js2no9x
    @user-wm1js2no9x Před 10 měsíci +1

    Beautiful piece of history,
    FIRE IT 🏍

  • @fearsomename4517
    @fearsomename4517 Před 10 měsíci +1

    She was brought to the right museum. Just a class act all around. Motorcycle is Beautiful and just Badass.

  • @BrianDias007
    @BrianDias007 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Nice piece of Harley history xxx

  • @terrydavis7389
    @terrydavis7389 Před 10 měsíci +3

    what a great story, and a great bike.

  • @steveogee7458
    @steveogee7458 Před 3 měsíci

    Necessity is the mother of invention. What a GEM! Thanks Matt.

  • @buzzedalldrink9131
    @buzzedalldrink9131 Před 8 měsíci

    I’m not a motorcycle guy. I visited the museum on vacation a few years ago.
    Absolutely Amazing American history !! A must see!! Thank you!!
    I loved it!!

  • @jimswagons
    @jimswagons Před 10 měsíci +3

    This video is really awesome fellas 🎉

  • @stevenschwizer627
    @stevenschwizer627 Před 10 měsíci

    Luv wheels though time
    Miss your dad
    Thank you for carrying on with your dad’s dream.

  • @Maxtowers71
    @Maxtowers71 Před 10 měsíci

    They did the right thing, for the bike, for the heritage it carries, for all of us enthusiast. I think i speak for all of us who follows this amazing channel when i say Thank You from the bottom of our hearts.
    On a side note : I keep saying this, this channel deserve way more subscribers! C'mon folks, subscribe, if you like bikes no matter what kind, some history it's always interesting, it 's free and just plain awesome.

  • @TX-biker
    @TX-biker Před 10 měsíci +2

    Beautiful piece of history ❤
    Now…
    Will you make it a runner?

  • @colb9916
    @colb9916 Před 10 měsíci

    Fantastic.
    What an awesome machine.
    So much of the worlds history is hidden away in private collections or just covered up in pops shed and forgotten.
    She's where she needs to be. To be seen. Appreciated and marvelled over.
    👏👏

  • @GameOver-hw2rq
    @GameOver-hw2rq Před 10 měsíci +3

    Keep up the good work it's amazing what you do.

  • @edprince9079
    @edprince9079 Před 9 měsíci

    Great story. Great donation to the museum. I am looking forward to making a trip to check out the museum.

  • @manuelserrano1428
    @manuelserrano1428 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Demasiado perfecta una verdadera obra d arte 🤟🤟☝️🤟

  • @becoming-humble8745
    @becoming-humble8745 Před 9 měsíci

    That's awesome Matt, you do such a great job of narration . Wheels Through Time is an international Treasure.

  • @tfjack97
    @tfjack97 Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks Matt for bringing this story out to the bike community and race world. Your stories are just like your Father's very interesting, I sure would like to get down to the museum one of these days and check out the history of these magnificent machines and the men and women that rode them. Thanks again for sharing this video with the world. Stay safe in your journeys and God Bless.

  • @robertstimmel1100
    @robertstimmel1100 Před 10 měsíci

    What a cool bike and story. I recently found this channel and it is really helping me to pass the time after surgery. I'm stuck on the couch for a while

  • @paul4124
    @paul4124 Před měsícem

    My jaw hit the floor when Dale said that this amazing machine was being donated to the museum. Unbelievably unselfish thing to do.

  • @artpendergraft4989
    @artpendergraft4989 Před 9 měsíci

    Obrian was one my class instructor at harley school in 1975, I learned alot from him. I still have some books for race bikes i got from him.

  • @thumpershd
    @thumpershd Před 10 měsíci

    What a fantastic addition to the WTT museum. Can't wait to hear it fired up!

  • @hyperluminalreality1
    @hyperluminalreality1 Před 10 měsíci

    To get a very special one of a kind bike that you have had pictures of for decades, now THAT is special. Thank you for the video. When will it run?

  • @johnboyer9176
    @johnboyer9176 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow... What an awesome family. Congrats! Hope to make it there someday.

  • @Jonathan-L
    @Jonathan-L Před 9 měsíci

    Hopefully videos like this will inspire people to find a good home for bikes that need a permanent resting place.

  • @JESUS-POTENTATE
    @JESUS-POTENTATE Před 10 měsíci

    Great addition. A great story. I hope you get it running too. Thanks for sharing.😊

  • @GoodForYou4504
    @GoodForYou4504 Před 10 měsíci +2

    You're going to need to add a new wing to the museum for all these amazing new additions! (Or a second location!) 😉👍

  • @carllynn2150
    @carllynn2150 Před 10 měsíci

    God Bless you, your father is still bringing history to the museum you both worked so hard to create , thanks bro 😎

  • @lloydsparling4439
    @lloydsparling4439 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Wow what a bike, love to hear it run , bet it’s mean , great gift for wtt , another awesome video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @pappy451
    @pappy451 Před 10 měsíci

    a fantastic addition to your museum !

  • @user-ni2zw4se4u
    @user-ni2zw4se4u Před 10 měsíci

    Fantastic such wonderful Bike preserved for ever great work everyone love everything you do

  • @jerriwebb8031
    @jerriwebb8031 Před 10 měsíci

    well done tremendous addition to the museum

  • @JohnMccarther-og6rd
    @JohnMccarther-og6rd Před 10 měsíci

    I grew up in Orlando and I remember puckets really well thanks for that video

  • @braamvorster8249
    @braamvorster8249 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow! Now I have goosebumps all over. I just have to come to see it!❤

  • @jimilite
    @jimilite Před 9 měsíci

    Wow love it, so good to see this going to the right place. I hope I get to see it myself one day.

  • @patrickduley405
    @patrickduley405 Před 10 měsíci

    Going to visit Sunday can’t wait to see you all.

  • @SW-jw6il
    @SW-jw6il Před 10 měsíci

    🇺🇸 Outstanding Find !!! much love from Texas

  • @sixwingsram
    @sixwingsram Před 3 měsíci

    Great history. Beautiful bike, sweet canary yellow. Wow!

  • @cavscout62
    @cavscout62 Před 10 měsíci

    What a great gift to the Museum. Good People.

  • @scottarmstrong1172
    @scottarmstrong1172 Před 10 měsíci

    What a piece of history! A great addition to the WTT collection.

  • @wendellharker6690
    @wendellharker6690 Před 10 měsíci

    That is so cool 😎 thanks for letting me watch.

  • @shipleyoffroadandperforman932
    @shipleyoffroadandperforman932 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow! Such a beautiful piece of America history! I am blown away!

  • @Telecasterland
    @Telecasterland Před 10 měsíci

    What a donation! I am in tears.

  • @toddwilliams5905
    @toddwilliams5905 Před 10 měsíci +1

    She is a Beauty. So nice. A perfect home. Congratulations

  • @grayfox9911
    @grayfox9911 Před 10 měsíci

    Great video!! Thanks!!

  • @richardrussell500
    @richardrussell500 Před 9 měsíci

    Great video... thanks for the history. Love it :-)

  • @gersonhay984
    @gersonhay984 Před 29 dny

    What a machine. Love your collection.

  • @76629online
    @76629online Před 10 měsíci

    Sweet! I need to take a ride up there and check this out.

  • @user-rn3lh3br9v
    @user-rn3lh3br9v Před 9 měsíci

    wheels through time, having finally gotten there I've become convinced that if there is a heaven this place is it, you couldn't ask for a nicer bunch of folks, all that and heaven too! hell I even got to see and drum roll please, touch a real Crocker, hell I never thought that I'd even see one let alone touch it! if you've never been go ! it's worth the trip!! RIP Dale

  • @user-pp8op3ke1h
    @user-pp8op3ke1h Před 10 měsíci +1

    Я смотрю все твои видео,очень классно что ты продолжаеш дело своего отца,Сделай видео в память о твоем отце он так любил мотоциклы,очень его не хватает.

  • @fester73666
    @fester73666 Před 10 měsíci

    An Amazing looking bike Matt, hope we get to hear it running soon? 😎👊

  • @automotiveaddiction428
    @automotiveaddiction428 Před 9 měsíci

    That's pritty cool you had all the stuff already and new the story of the bike..then ended up with the bike..I wish I could go there 1 day to see all the bikes and memorabilia..and none bikes..I watch the channel.

  • @strangecustoms8486
    @strangecustoms8486 Před 10 měsíci

    So cool even here in New Zealand we love bike drag racing history I remember reading about this bike years ago at a mates that used to be the go to guy for pans hes still playing on the odd one. Best home for it and it's on display to be seen as it should. Let's see some more old racers come out of hiding we know they are around. Really liked your dad from the early days on tv sorry for your loss keep up the good work 😁🇬🇸👍

  • @joeydewitt4639
    @joeydewitt4639 Před 10 měsíci

    Can’t wait to see this when I come up!

  • @ks4kn
    @ks4kn Před 10 měsíci

    Kool bike with a great history. It will make a good start up video.

  • @miketr732
    @miketr732 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow that's a true musem piece. Awesome scoot.I would love to see it run.

  • @americanbornwalkaway9110
    @americanbornwalkaway9110 Před 10 měsíci

    THAT is SO COOL!!!!! Nostalgia I met Big Daddy in Medford Oregon One year at the Drag Strip....He checked out my car for a second and said COOL.....( it was a V-8 Vega)....and NOW I ride a Harley THAT is the Coolest Harley !!!!!!!

  • @havegrinderwilltravel5
    @havegrinderwilltravel5 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow kool bike love It great story also 👌 keep up good work mate also got a 1923 j running at work went for first lap around the block yesterday was awesome

  • @jimhmod
    @jimhmod Před 10 měsíci

    What a find!!
    I would like to see the full newspaper article that they showed a clip of.

  • @Zappa943
    @Zappa943 Před 10 měsíci

    Such a selfless beautiful donation to bike history.

  • @wyattoneable
    @wyattoneable Před 10 měsíci +1

    Wow! Just...wow!

  • @DjVendetta
    @DjVendetta Před 10 měsíci

    Cant wait to hear it run!!!

  • @wanderlodgeownersgroup5
    @wanderlodgeownersgroup5 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Awesome!!! you guys are great!

  • @williamhoeweler8259
    @williamhoeweler8259 Před 10 měsíci

    Love this history brother keep it up

  • @gregabreu7346
    @gregabreu7346 Před 10 měsíci

    Bad ass bike I know your dad would be so proud. Great job 👏

  • @leetownsend46
    @leetownsend46 Před 10 měsíci

    Now I have get another reason to have to come back to the museum 😉

  • @pinslayer4579
    @pinslayer4579 Před 5 měsíci

    I remember how bad springers pogoed, i remember the first S+S I saw and thought that's just an aluminum linkert . I'm curious about the clutch maybe somekind of centrifugal full grip ? Got a ticket for 128 in a 55 on my 62 Pan but had WAY more than a 1/4 mile to get there. Congratulations on a GREAT piece of history Thanks to the family.

  • @MrGuitarguyadam
    @MrGuitarguyadam Před 10 měsíci

    Can’t wait to see youguys fire this thing up for the first time in 50 years!

  • @toddclark332
    @toddclark332 Před 10 měsíci

    I'd love to copy it as a street bike ❤ thanks for the video buddy

  • @richardschaffling9882
    @richardschaffling9882 Před 10 měsíci +1

    That is a fantastic donation