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Originally Posted by YerDugliness
Rookie stripes over the drivers' side fender.
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Dugly...good post, but I have to make a tweak to a common misconception.
1. The diagonal stripes on the front fender are NOT "rookie stripes;" by definition, "rookie" stripes are on the rear of the car, to warn the guy behind you that you may indeed be unpredictable.
The diagonal stripes used infrequently on racing Cobras were "team stripes." Placed on the pit-side of the car when several cobras were involved in the same race, so the crew could easily tell them apart at speed.
2. Since it was indeed rare to see any 427 Cobra racing in a team of them, the fender stripes were probably never used on a 427.