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1968 Stripe location

dalorzo_f

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Getting ready to apply them and had then lined up by eye, then looked at the number in the book and quite different.

Ran a mockup with the numbers shown and the stripes looked a bit "off"... mostly the very front one.

Anyone got opinions on the values shown in "the book"? or compared them to a known original?

I would expect same variations as hand-applied on-the-line stripes were probably not 100% 1/16th / mm accurate car to car! :smile:
 

Ruppstang

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When we stripped our car we found the dimensions for in front of the fender way off. We aliened it with the main stripe and it looked a lot better.
Marty
 
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dalorzo_f

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Thanks for the input. That's where I saw the biggest issues too...

I initially had the strip way higher in the front. Did you straight-line the stripe front to rear, or dip it slightly in the front for visual alignment to the dip in the body line?
 

sam

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Best to get it right...............I see several pics of California Specials and to me the stripes look too high. Good luck.
 

Ruppstang

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We ended up using a laser line to get it strait based off the dimensions from the door.
 
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dalorzo_f

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I am doing the same! :smile:

They are handy little tools and make going around the lip of the fender easier than a string line!

Thanks for the feedback.
 
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