289FIA Hood Stripe
 

looking to put hood stripe on my car. Does anyone were to get one?

Aj.

This place sells historic race decal kits and they have the Cobra Decal Kits here

http://www.racelinedigital.com/store...ort=20a&page=1

This is the only one that I see and its the 1964 289 FIA World Championship decal kit.

http://www.racelinedigital.com/store...oducts_id=1943



I didnt look through all these pages but heres all the stripe kits they offer since you are just wanting the stripe.

http://www.racelinedigital.com/store...dex&cPath=6_31

FIA Hood Stripe
 

I assume you mean the one that goes across the hood from fender to fender. I had mine painted on locally. I did not trust the manufacturer (Superformance) to do it right even though they assured me they would. My fear was that since 99% of the stripes they paint go from front to back , that they would screw it up ( Murphy's Law) . As I recall, they reduced the price of the roller by $6oo and the local shop did a perfect job for $300 and I got EXACTLY what I wanted....a Gurney CSX 2323 look( red stripe). I considered a tape but there was always a concern about the tape quality and application.:)

Honestly tape isnt the best route. Decals will peel if not appllied correctly, not to mention the sun will bleach it out over time and it will become dull. Then theres that raised lip that you will feel when you touch the car.

What I planned on the Coupe I plan to get in the future is do the stripes in paint. Only thing I wont do is the sponsors, I will have an airbrush artist paint those on and then I will clear coat over the whole thing. You will still get the raised lip but nice thing about clear coat is you can sand it down get a nice slick smooth finish then buff it back out and never notice it.

I honestly thought about doing a replica of a car that exsisted but desided that out of 5-6 cars built I would cobble my own design together by taking what I liked best out of all of the cars and combine them into one. Paint will be something of my own design since it doesnt replilcate one specific vehicle. Only thing is I just dont know why on my paint design cards I did why I choosed a double "team stripe" for the coupe when they all had a single solid "victory stripe". Oh well it looks good in my opinion on the cards I did.

But back on topic, I wasnt sure what stripes he was talking about. The Stripe link I provided they sell both the fender to fender horizontal FIA stripe as well as the convential front to back stripe.

Thanks for the lead. the only reason for tape is if I don't like is, I'll take it off.

Aj

Yep thats the upside to the tape. What I did was I got some free line drawings of the Daytona Coupe which is fairly simmilar to the Type 65 Coupe that FFR offers I am looking at. I then went into MS Paint and used photos of actual paint chips and colored the car in to get ideas on the color combo. That is how I am able to settle on something that I am sure would look good.

Example this is the color combo I keep coming back to but I am still not 100% sure on the colors. I have around 50 differet color combos like below ranging from Ford colors of 1956 to 1969 and Chevrolet colors from 1963/64 to 1969 as well.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...stomCol-21.jpg

I was able to find line drawings like the above of the Cobra Roadsters as well. If you had the time you could do the same and it would give you an idea atleast.

AJ,

Are you keeping and and not selling the cobra?

am

I like that, something different then the Blue everybody paints theirs.

Aj

am,

Looks like it's mine for awhile longer.See you're leaving on Friday morning to SanMarcos.Wish I could go. Mom flying in from Europe for a month.

Aj

P.S. Thinking of going home get my car.

I looked at the blue but too many people go that route so I looked at other options. What has me liking this is that the darker green is a poly color which is a metalic like color. Once I get to the point of ordering mine and paint I will do a topic then showing the some 50 odd color combos. Ranges from a pastel yellow to a creamy yellow down to a dark navy blue color.

But that is the nice thing about using the line drawing in conjunction with MS Paint, you can try different color combinations till you pick one you like. Its also not as hard as one would think. You just open up the paint chips you are looking at in MS paint and use the Pippet and catch the color and transfer the color to the palet you are working on and fill in. Only thing I wished is that I listed on the palets why I desided on an angled two stripe "team stripe". Dont know if Cobras had them or what but I like the look though.

Still very hard to tell what a car is going to look like in person.

Aj

It still is. You can set your sights on a paint tint and when you get it mixed up the tint might change slightly and you dont like it. Thats like for instance I have a paint chip from 1956 and 1962 both are Diamond Blue, the 1962 paint chip makes it looks almost like a pastel blue (a very light whiteish blue) but its the same as in 56 which was a very vivid light blue. Then theres the issue with paper is flat and it is very hard to duplicate the curves so at best its just a basic idea of what it could look like.

So it is hard to tell what the finish product will look like. But it does help to give you an idea though. Better than going through 20 different colors at the expense of money painting the car till you find what you like.

By the way, I am uploading my color pallets for the ones I am looking at on a photo album under my profile.

We will wave to you as we drive by.

am

Local race car vinyl shop did both my nose stripe and four 19" white roundels with #'s for $250 installed. Did it back in the summer of '03, and they are just now starting to get hard and peel in a couple of places.

One great thing about the nose stripe is that it gives your painter a place to stop. Meaning, if you road rash up the nose, or crunch the oil cooler, or catch some rock chips (let's see, what else have I done....) you can repaint the front back to the nose stripe and don't have to repaint the entire front half of the car back to the door.

Very good point..Madmiles442. I might do this just for that benefit. tx

You do that and I'll wave. Maybe next year.

Aj

So is that looking at the glass half full or half empty?


Aj

Nose stripe isn't as easy as placing a decal. The profiles across the front of the car aren't going to let a straight decal just lay across it in a nice line. I'm sure a decal shop can do it. After all, I laid mine out...:3DSMILE: But it will take some attention to detail & someone willing to take the time to get it right. THe other issue is the placement. If you look at a lot of the ERA cars, they have a low stripe(closer to the nose). I set mine back to lay out from the middle of the meatball. Not that either is better, just that there are options as to "where" Good luck!

Looking at the small pic. of your car, looks like the stripe is a little wider at the wheel wells, or is that just me?

Aj.