Dealer decal ?

[Retired Wrencher 5,459]

On my currant project I saw this decal on it just wondering if this was a dealership? Could not find the the dealers map. Excuse if this is not in the right area.

[ebinmaine 67,534]

Love seeing the Dealer labels. 

That's a particularly interesting one because of the old style phone number.  

[Wild Bill in VA 1,452]

   The old Wheel Horse dealer decal adds a lot to the history of the Wheel Horse. Here is some of mine.

1) Ray's Lawn Mower Shop, he was a Wheel Horse dealer for a long time and had tons of parts. The dealership got sold to a younger man who deals in used Jeep parts now. I bought several tractors from Ray's and even donated one. (It was a Bolens)

2) Innerst Auto Co. located in south central in the town of Jacobus, Pennsylvania 

3) Paul Sawyer's Lawn Equipment in Mechanicsville, Virginia. This used to be Pohlig's who opened up selling Wheel Horses in 1961 and then sold the business to Paul Sawyer who used to own the Richmond International Speedway (NASCAR track). On the wall of his office was a picture of him surrounded by little pictures one of which is of me and one of my Wheel Horses. Both Pohlig and Sawyer were truly nice guy

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[c-series don 8,708]

I’m not sure if it was when I was at Richmond Motor Speedway years ago or I saw a picture, but I do remember that there was a BIG Wheel Horse sign at the racetrack. 

[ebinmaine 67,534]

6 hours ago, c-series don said:

I’m not sure if it was when I was at Richmond Motor Speedway years ago or I saw a picture, but I do remember that there was a BIG Wheel Horse sign at the racetrack. 

That'd be a shop hanging art piece ehh??? 

[Retired Wrencher 5,459]

Thanks for all the reply’s. Lots of history.

[Retired Wrencher 5,459]

12 hours ago, Wild Bill in VA said:

   The old Wheel Horse dealer decal adds a lot to the history of the Wheel Horse. Here is some of mine.

1) Ray's Lawn Mower Shop, he was a Wheel Horse dealer for a long time and had tons of parts. The dealership got sold to a younger man who deals in used Jeep parts now. I bought several tractors from Ray's and even donated one. (It was a Bolens)

2) Innerst Auto Co. located in south central in the town of Jacobus, Pennsylvania 

3) Paul Sawyer's Lawn Equipment in Mechanicsville, Virginia. This used to be Pohlig's who opened up selling Wheel Horses in 1961 and then sold the business to Paul Sawyer who used to own the Richmond International Speedway (NASCAR track). On the wall of his office was a picture of him surrounded by little pictures one of which is of me and one of my Wheel Horses. Both Pohlig and Sawyer were truly nice guy

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

Thanks for you post Bill. Good info.

[953 nut 55,261]

On 8/13/2023 at 9:43 PM, c-series don said:

I’m not sure if it was when I was at Richmond Motor Speedway years ago or I saw a picture, but I do remember that there was a BIG Wheel Horse sign at the racetrack. 

I know that the North Wilkesboro speedway had a Wheel Horse dealer billboard.

[Retired Wrencher 5,459]

Thanks you for the info Richard. Is this track still open?

[953 nut 55,261]

3 hours ago, Retired Wrencher said:

Is this track still open?

Well,   yes and no.  The North Wilkesboro Speedway was the site of this year's NASCAR All Star race. It had been setting idle for years and was restricted this year for the All Star race. I know that a bunch of money went into the safety upgrades and can't imagine there won't be future events at the track but that remains to be seen. When the announcement was made about the track being renovated I was excited because I had been to a few Winston Cup races there in the '80s but I knew it probably wouldn't be as good as in those days because of the engineering and sophisticated nature of today's cup cars. Here are a few articles about the track. 

https://www.jayski.com/nascar-tracks-news/north-wilkesboro-speedway/

PS, the Wheel Horse signe isn't there anymore.