RE: 65-350 Stripe

i dont have a tony branda catalogue handy, will look later, but i know my
most current is a couple of years out of date. however, in the last couple i
saw they had paint codes for some of the stripe colors ( hertz gold anyway)
and showed the correct dimensions for the stripes as they moved from front
to rear. and they DID DIFFER dimensionally as they extended from front to
back. the stripes were NOT uniform in width , instead varied for an optical
affect of visual uniformity . bill, motown

-----Original Message-----
From: speegle@pipeline.com [mailto:speegle@pipeline.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:55 AM
To: jonlee@wt.net; Shelby List
Subject: Re: 65-350 Stripe


Not sure how much differenence ther is between the hood and cowl stripes but
try this.

The original instructions Shelby used and supplied to dealers called for
trappered stripes (thinner at the front and rear of the car) to reduce the
coke bottle effect that consistant thickness stripes would visually cause.

Since prep was just enough we would expect to see paint overspray into the
cowl sections. If they were dealer and even Shelby done, there would be
overspray in a number of other areas. Of course these cars are often over
restored. ... remember a R model that had stripes applied inside the cowl
then they reinstalled the cowl.


Hope this helps

Jeff S

-----Original Message-----
From: jonlee@wt.net
Sent: Nov 16, 2005 9:40 PM
To: Shelby List <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
Subject: 65-350 Stripe

Hey Alpha Omega Shelby guys:

I have a question. I just looked over my 65-350 car to help a friend out on
his 65 350 car purchase and I discovered something I think is unusual on my
car.
The Le Mans stripes dont exactly line up and the car was ordered with
factory Le Mans stripes. It seems that the stripes on the fiberglass hood
are narrower then the stripes on the cowl vent area
and on the top.
Basically, the top and cowl stripes are wider than the stipes on the hood.
Is this correct or did someone mess around with it. There is about a 2 inch
gap between the stripes thats even through out
the car but the width of the skunk stripes are not the same.

Whats also interesting is that the cowl vent didn't get covered up when they
painted the stripes. I can see blue paint inside the cowl vent area.

Thanks for any info.


jon