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Old 03-08-2014, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by DanEC View Post
Most of the Shelby 289 Cobra team cars were solid colors with just meatballs. A couple had oddball stripes like campaign stripes across the front.
There were team stripes - like on the 5 sent to FIA races....




At the Le Mans races they had 2 white stripes to show country color. It was adapted later at the US race circus.

The CSX 2345 is a good example for the transformation....


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