Wheels of Yesteryear

Specialties

Wheels of Yesteryear is a classic and muscle car museum housing 50 cars from the early 50’s through the early 70’s. Cars are rotated in and out on a yearly basis. Gift shop carries diecast model cars, t-​shirts, tin signs and other items of interest to the car enthusiast.

History

Established in 2009.

Wheels of Yesteryear opened its doors on September 30, 2009. Cars are from a private collection belonging to Paul Cummings of Carthage, NC. Since the museum is not large enough to hold the entire collection, some cars are changed each year to provide a fresh display. The museum closes from mid-​January to mid-​February to accomplish this.

Meet the Business Owner

Paul and Carol C.

Business Owner

Paul is a graduate of NCSU School of Agriculture and farmed tobacco for a number of years before going into the convenience store business for approximately 31 years. After leaving the convenience store business, he began to restore and preserve his group of cars collected over the years.

Carol is a graduate of St. Andrews Presbyterian College and UNC-​G and taught on the high school level for 27 years. She is the bookkeeper for the museum and occasionally works in the gift shop.