i know that mr schooler died and the shop shut down. but back in the day he was well known as one of the best cam grinders around and had a cool logo that was seen on a many of old race cars,any body here got a picture of that old logo and maybe some of the race cars that sported it.
Never heard of a schooler cam. Could you mean Schaller cam, if so see link. http://www.my-creative.com/SchallerCams/Schaller stories.htm
nope its schooler cams. from jacksonville fl. he was a cam grinder that was well known back in the day with the racers of petty,garlits,jr johnson,wood brothers
From http://midstateantiquestockcarclub.com/flat_heads4.html Speedy Spiers who worked with John 'Pop' Schooler (and still has his first cam grinding machine, a small unit used for making Indian 45 cubic inch cams), which held records for years. Interesting fellow, he went on to work for Bill Fish at Fish Carburetor and was a mechanic on the Fish cars, driven by Glenn 'Fireball' Roberts. Later he wrenched cars for Tiny Lund.
Here is a picture of a Schooler logo from a car I worked on inthe '50s. It was driven by Leeroy Yarbrough at Jax Speedway park.
Hey Ski, Just a hi from another fellow that hit the tracks from Valdosta, Waycross, Jax, Lake City to Barberville. Full of my favorite memories. Also a visitor to the John Schooler shop. <TABLE class=tborder id=post5398435 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=alt1 id=td_post_5398435 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e5e5e5 1px solid">Re: Schooler Cams Dragster <HR style="COLOR: #e5e5e5; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e5e5e5" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Welcome to H.A.M.B. from a fellow that has stomped where your shoes have stomped. I hung around the race shops and worked a few machine shops in your era. I saw Lee Roy race when he started hobby cars one year and advanced to modifieds the next and never looked back. I was in the Naval Air Reserve from 66-71 and worked at NAS & Cecil Field,VA-721 as an aviation hydrulic mechanic. Weekends would find me at Jax. Speedway Park, Pecan Park, Barberville, Lake City, Waycross, and Valdosta tracks. I moved to Piedmont, AL in early 1978. My best memories are of days and nights spent at the round dirt tracks. Visits to the shop of John Schooler and to hear his stories were golden. I worked at garages, auto parts, and machine shops before settling down at the phone company garage until moving to AL and being a phoneman. <!-- / message --></TD></TR><TR><TD class=alt2 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e5e5e5 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #e5e5e5 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #e5e5e5 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e5e5e5 1px solid"> </TD><TD class=alt1 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e5e5e5 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #e5e5e5 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #e5e5e5 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e5e5e5 1px solid" align=right><!-- controls --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Hey Dick Ferry, I only have couple of snap shots of David Ezell #16, from 58 or 59, both black and the other white coupes that were the Guy Donald Special. I went to school with Bob McDade and he said you were fixing his flathead. I had Joe Byles come to Piedmont last month to buy a local flathead here. I used to work at Precision Crankshaft in 67 and 68. I remember you and your dad coming by to get parts and machine work done.
Old man here who used to live in Orange Park, FL. Us "kids" used Schooler cams in our VW bugs. I used a #5 (too mild) and a #6 (street). Ah, the good ole days.
In the 50s the Schooler cams were the hot ticket in flatheads all over GA. Getting info on cams was probably the single most difficult thing to get the truth on back then.
I used to run a Schooler cam in a 74 Honda Civic he reground for me. .454" lift, 310 duration, idled at around 1300 rpm and went like hell. I really enjoyed that car. His cams were used in several Hondas in Jacksonville. I beat Hurley Haywood at an autocross with my Civic, he drove 450SL Mercedes that was a tank and really not much a "sports" car.
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