
Explore the interesting connection that people have with wheels.
The special is are also available on our stations video portal website and YouTube Channel.
Discover the stories behind a 1954 Nash Metropolitan and a rare original 1976 Gran Torino "Starsky and Hutch" edition. Then, take a look at the unique automobiles at the New London to New Brighton Antique Car Run plus many more classics and collections.
The special is are also available on our stations video portal website and YouTube Channel.
Since the creation of the wheel around 3500 B.C., there have been steady improvements and uses for the wheel. Today, wheels are used in cars, trucks, airplanes, bicycles, trains, toys and many more devices.
Pioneer PBS Executive Producer Timothy Hale Bakken traveled to regional car shows, threshing bees, farm shows, museums and specialty shops in search of the stories featured in this new program. Interviewees featured in WHEELS include Dan Dripps of Morris, Ed Lipinski of Watson, Marcy Schramm of Tracy, Vaughn Veit of Buffalo, Kevin Backstrand of Ortonville, Virgil Fults of Morris, Lyle Hoidal of Montevideo, Doug Schriener of Pennock, Lorwin Zahrbock of Madison and Wally Kill of Morris.
Explore the interesting connection that people have with wheels.