Harold Asmus #71 Ft. Collins, CO - Auto Racing Memories

VintageBuzz · 07-28-2009, 07:28 PM

From the Lou Wendzel collection circa 1951:
Sign painters always have the coolest looking race cars. These photos of sign painter Harold Asmus and his #71 Ford coupe at Speedway Park in Ft. Collins, CO will attest to that fact. ~VB

parrot · 07-28-2009, 10:13 PM

Buzz, thanks for those photos. Nice to see examples of good lettering. I always loved the 'stock car' and 'truck' lettering styles from that era. Tried to learn to do that once upon a time, but just could never figure out how. There was an earlier posting wondering if examples of good race car lettering would be of interest. I, for one, would love to see some of that. From the W.A.R.C. Yearbook here's another Harold Asmus car, a sedan this time, hard to see, but also has the checked paint scheme above the belt line. Like to find a better photo of this car because it also has clean lettering. BP

Brian Moline · 01-21-2015, 06:47 PM

Who has these pictures? Harold Asmus is my wife's Grandfather, I would love to make a copy of the pictures for her and her father to have.

07-28-2009, 07:28 PM	#1
VintageBuzz Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northern Utah Age: 67 Posts: 269	Harold Asmus #71 Ft. Collins, CO From the Lou Wendzel collection circa 1951: Sign painters always have the coolest looking race cars. These photos of sign painter Harold Asmus and his #71 Ford coupe at Speedway Park in Ft. Collins, CO will attest to that fact. ~VB Attached Thumbnails

07-28-2009, 10:13 PM	#2
parrot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Age: 81 Posts: 327	Re: Harold Asmus #71 Ft. Collins, CO Buzz, thanks for those photos. Nice to see examples of good lettering. I always loved the 'stock car' and 'truck' lettering styles from that era. Tried to learn to do that once upon a time, but just could never figure out how. There was an earlier posting wondering if examples of good race car lettering would be of interest. I, for one, would love to see some of that. From the W.A.R.C. Yearbook here's another Harold Asmus car, a sedan this time, hard to see, but also has the checked paint scheme above the belt line. Like to find a better photo of this car because it also has clean lettering. BP Attached Thumbnails

01-21-2015, 06:47 PM	#3
Brian Moline One Post Wonder Join Date: Jan 2015 Age: 39 Posts: 1	Re: Harold Asmus #71 Ft. Collins, CO Who has these pictures? Harold Asmus is my wife's Grandfather, I would love to make a copy of the pictures for her and her father to have.