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Old Oct 1, 2018 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by FuriousFred
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i know, Stingrays and Stripes equals blasphemie, but the iconic GULF design celebrated 50 years in 2018.
For this years last rally i tried my best to pay a little tribute to one of the most unique racing designs ever.
(for this events the corvette gets PPF anyway, and it´s temporary)





Judging the public reaction it was very well received and i like it so much i think i will keep it a little longer.

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I like it, where did you buy it?
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Old Oct 1, 2018 | 04:46 PM
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Its not a Kit i bought, i photoshoped the dimensions and bought the 3M stripes online,
the gulf stickers were readily available. Hope this helps.

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This is looking AWESOME in my opinion! Great idea with the "inside" of the rear spoier!!
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Old Jan 3, 2022 | 08:49 AM
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I would like to place a "Bumble Bee" stripe like Charger's have it over the rear of the trunk and down the fenders, like the C3 in the picture (which is not mine). I dont want to make it black, so what about silver or white instead? My base color is War Bonnet Yellow. I think this is a difficult color to match a stripe to... What are Your color recomendations to go with WBY, other than a black one ? Thank You!

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Old Jan 3, 2022 | 02:42 PM
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Old Jan 3, 2022 | 03:12 PM
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Old Jan 3, 2022 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BenUK
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This looks great!! Well Done.
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Old Jan 3, 2022 | 09:51 PM
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The only C3 I would be interested in buying would be an LT1 with the factory hood stripes.
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Old Jan 4, 2022 | 07:14 AM
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A teaser of my stripes...



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Old Jan 5, 2022 | 08:34 AM
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I must have liked the idea at one time. These ran from stem to stern, out from under the chromed louvers on the hood, right over the roof panels, back down the deck, and right down to the bottom of the rear valance. The stripes were black, bordered by silver leaf, and heavily cobwebbed with bronze. Back then, I got many compliments. Today I would probly' be horse-whipped. with a really big horse. Don't have any pics of her scanned, but will get some old photos and show them should anyone express interest. Let me know
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Old Jan 5, 2022 | 09:47 AM
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Done back in the day.by the original owner.

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Old Jan 5, 2022 | 09:56 AM
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I think you are limited with War Bonnet underneath but I have seen that color with a Honey Brown stripe that looked good.. Vinyl and or Photoshop are your friends before paint!

Originally Posted by Alex66
I would like to place a "Bumble Bee" stripe like Charger's have it over the rear of the trunk and down the fenders, like the C3 in the picture (which is not mine). I dont want to make it black, so what about silver or white instead? My base color is War Bonnet Yellow. I think this is a difficult color to match a stripe to... What are Your color recomendations to go with WBY, other than a black one ? Thank You!
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Old Jan 5, 2022 | 10:58 AM
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Very nice! Same deal right here. That's me and after we collected our girlfriends we were off to somewhere or something for the entire day. We drove these cars! The tail end of Lee's '73 454 coupe is just visible in front of my car.



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Are those painted or decals? I am looking for decals like that for my C3.
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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 07:14 PM
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Red with gray stripes....
Red with gray stripes....
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 08:58 AM
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Old thread but here's my "stripe" if you could really call it that...

Most of the compliments I get for my car are directed towards the stinger hood, wasn't crazy about it at first but I do like it now.
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