Is there a standard width for the racing stripes on Mustanf GT's?

[Brad-M]

Gents,

I am looking to add stripes over the hood, roof and trunk to my Silver Frost painted '67 Mustang GT and was wondering if there was a standard width for them?

TIA

Brad

[Brett Barrow]

Gents,

I am looking to add stripes over the hood, roof and trunk to my Silver Frost painted '67 Mustang GT and was wondering if there was a standard width for them?

TIA

Brad

2" Constant measurement between stripes

9 1/4" At bottom of front lower valance

9 1/4" Leading edge of the hood

10 1/2" Bottom of the windshield

10 1/2" Top of the windshield

10 3/8" Top of rear window

10 1/8" Bottom of rear window

10" Leading edge of trunk lid

10" Bottom edge of rear valance

These are the specs for the 1:1 stripe, of course. They have a very subtle taper. 10" scales out to 1/4"0.4" in 24/25th scale, I'd just go with that unless you have calipers or a mic... 2" is 0.080", so I'd use a piece of 0.080" styrene strip as a guide (either when placing your masking, or cutting a thin piece of masking - depending on if you're painting the stripes or the body color first)

Edited June 28, 2011 by Brett Barrow

[Brad-M]

Hi Brett,

Thanks much for the reply. Is there a standard measurement of gap between each stripe?

Thanks again

Brad

[Brett Barrow]

Hi Brett,

Thanks much for the reply. Is there a standard measurement of gap between each stripe?

Thanks again

Brad

2", remains constant the length of the stripe. It wasn't that clear in my response, which was copied directly from a Shelby/Mustang restoration parts supplier. As I said, 2" = 0.080" in scale, so if you have some 0.080" styrene, that's a handy guide to spacing the stripes correctly.

[Brad-M]

Doh! Sorry Brett, your initial post was clear, I wasn't focused to see it. Thanks for waking me up.

Cheers

Brad

2", remains constant the length of the stripe. It wasn't that clear in my response, which was copied directly from a Shelby/Mustang restoration parts supplier. As I said, 2" = 0.080" in scale, so if you have some 0.080" styrene, that's a handy guide to spacing the stripes correctly.

[Brett Barrow]

Just realized I made a mistake in the scale calculations - 10" is not 1/4", it's 0.4".

[Brad-M]

Oh well...I guess my paint job is hooped then...thanks man...j/k Brett, I figured it was almost half an inch, so no sweat.

Cheers

Brad

Just realized I made a mistake in the scale calculations - 10" is not 1/4", it's 0.4".

[Brad-M]

Hey Mark, that's even better. Thanks !

Brad

I didn't check all the dimensions, but the only "standard" width was what Shelby published in their supplement to the '65/6 GT350 and I'm guessing that's what was cited here. Obviously the '67 is a different body, and no '67 Shelbys (or regular Mustangs) had stripes applied from the factory. Dealers certainly painted them on (in fact they're listed as a dealer-installed option in the '67 Shelby literature) but there was likely a lot of variation since it was up to each dealer or body shop to lay them out and they may or may not have followed the earlier Shelby guidelines.

Which is a long way of saying you're safe to eyeball them and make them look how you want beacuse there's no real "right" or "wrong" way to do it.