Photo ID # f01.21.09_FRA_SCH_LAM_1954_1
Car #: #2
Driver (s) : Frankie Schneider
Location: Lambertville, NJ?
Date: 1954
Photographer: Unknown
Photo provided by: Kerry Viar
Comments: I'm told that this is an original photo taken in the 50's possibly by a neighbor of Frankie Schneider as the crew looks like they're doing a little bit of everything!  Looks like a mid 50's Caddy tow vehicle in front of the racecar, and I'm not sure if the guy on the side is washing the car or painting the # on the door.  Based on the bucket near the front of the car I first thought he was washing it, but because of the chair, I'm thinking that maybe he was lettering it.  Looks like one of the fellows is changing the right rear tire too.  Great photo!
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01.22.09 Kevin AWESOME PICTURE!!!...Could this be the same car?... https://3widespicturevault.com/50spics&vitals/a01.19.04_002_SCH_UNK_0054_1.htm  
01.22.09 3Wide Sure looks like it Kevin, and if that's the case it does look like the guy is painting the #2 on the door.  Thanks for the detective work.
01.24.09 George Perkins I sure would like to be able to enlarge this pic without it getting all pixilated. I'm a sign painter by trade and I would sure like to see what this guy is using for a brush. I don't think this was done in the traditional manner. It looks like he is using a large brush like you would paint a house with. He seems to be holding it with the rag. Could that be paint spilled on the ground? Any sign painter has to love this pic. Trying to letter a car with somebody jacking up the car and in this case crawling all over the roof.........PRICELESS!
01.26.09 Kevin Inglin I enlarged the picture in my browser and it looks to me as if he's holding a rag in his hand. Perhaps he's wiping a temporary number off of the car in preparation for lettering? The number on the side is 'wiggly' and looks like it was hastily and unprofessionally applied. Of course - could be totally wrong but that's my read on it.
01.29.09 Larry Jendras I am going to make a guess and say this is the car Frankie used to win Langhorne in 1954. He was living around Baltimore in early 1954 racing at Dorsey on Thursday, Lanham on Friday and Westport on Saturday. But the photos I have from May and June of 1954 was a sedan with the traditional red paint with white trim around the windows and the number 2. It seems this dark colored sedan showed up later in the year. Great photo!
02.08.09 Kerry You guys know that the guy in the middle of the photo with no shirt is Frankie don't you?
02.11.09 fltlnjok I think some of the comments are unrealistic. These were times when racing was racing. Cars were built in home garages, barns, and back yards. Sometimes a garage or body shop would turn out a "professional" car, but that didn't mean they would go any better.

Look at Hoop's 95.  THAT was a RACECAR. Like as not, the numbers on the cars would be done with house paint using a sash brush or even several widths of colored canvas adhesive tape over a brush finish.  Engines, etc., were frequently from wrecking yards. Wheels were hand built.

Paul Deasey, Dave Piscopo, Jim Fodor and guys like them came later. Yes, there were professionally prepared cars, but I think they were the exceptions this decade.
12.23.09 fltlnjok
 
What a neighborhood for a kid or even an old man to live in. I'm getting teary eyed. '51 Coupe De Ville for a tow car!! My my.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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