Need pic: GT350 w/ red stripes over driver's fender

SoCalCruising · May 15, 2006

I've seen this paint scheme, but can't find a picture. It's a GT350 theme, blue Le Mans stripes on white, with two narrow red stripes coming over the driver's fender from wheel well to hood, angled. Know what I mean? Please post or link to site with pic. Thanks!

1320stang · May 15, 2006

I'm trying to remember what the red stripes significance was, something to do with racing in Europe as I recall.

HistoricMustang · May 15, 2006

1320stang said:
I'm trying to remember what the red stripes significance was, something to do with racing in Europe as I recall.

Here is one of a Cobra.

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SoCalCruising · May 15, 2006

Not to be ungrateful, but where are the red fender stripes?

1320stang · May 15, 2006

SoCal, I searched the internet for a pic as I know I've seen them before, but came up empty.

SoCalCruising · May 15, 2006

Yeah, me too. Thanks for trying.

'66 coupe · May 15, 2006

Closest thing I have on my computer.

(Stangnet sucks for attachments. I always have to modify everything.)

EDIT:
Damn! I have a really good pic of a '65 GT350R with the red hash marks, and another of a red '66 GT350 with white ones. They were parked together at the same show, but I didn't use a digital camera and don't have a scanner.
The one's on the Shelbys are skinnier than the ones on that hardtop above.

coolblue65 · May 15, 2006

well its not a mustang and not even a ford for that matter, but take a look at my sig, my vette has them.

I have seen them on mustang before, but only on blue cars with the white le mans stripes.

From what I have been told they are actually called 'rookie stripes' and were used by race teams to quickly visually identify cars/drivers with the same overall paint scheme by having different color stripes on the fendors.

Here is pic of Shelby Cobra with them:
http://www.kentuckycobraclub.com/members/member.asp?id=608

iskwezm · May 16, 2006

heres my old color scheme taken off the AR site.The stripes are vynil and i changed the colors every few months
View attachment 469688

Pathfinder65 · May 16, 2006

I've seen them as well on Mustangs. Unfortunately I don't have a pic either. My understanding is that these stripes were used to quickly distinguish the difference between vehicles on the same team with the same paint jobs.

Dave

Pathfinder65 · May 16, 2006

Wait, found one

Dave

Pathfinder65 · May 16, 2006

SoCalCruising said:
Not to be ungrateful, but where are the red fender stripes?

The single, large stripe running across the front of the Cobra was used for the same reasons as the two smaller stripes you're thinking of.

Dave

mfp4073 · May 16, 2006

I asked this several years ago....and came up with the same info....its so teams with similarly painted cars could ID who what who.

SoCalCruising · May 16, 2006

Thanks for the pics!

brianj5600 · May 16, 2006

I'll post some tonight, they are on my home pc. My friend is in proccess of doing one. I think his fender stripes are yellow. White car, blue stripes though.

HistoricMustang · May 16, 2006

mfp4073 said:
I asked this several years ago....and came up with the same info....its so teams with similarly painted cars could ID who what who.

You are correct as Dave MacDonald who drove the Cobra pictured with stripe certainly was not a rookie.

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www.historicmustang.com/tech.html

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