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Jul 11, 2013 | 11:13 PM

Jim78SA

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Fender Hash Marks

Where can I get the Grand Sport hash stripes for my C3? I see they are made for C4 and up, but no C3. I have also seen some C3s with them, so where did you all get them?

Jul 11, 2013 | 11:58 PM

oldalaskaman

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take C4's and put them on your C3

Jul 12, 2013 | 12:13 AM

Jim78SA

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will they fit over the over sized humps on a C3 fender? Meaning will there be enough decal to fit?

Jul 12, 2013 | 01:49 AM

oldalaskaman

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best answer sofar is yes, they were not an option on C3' so its your choice
a good thread among others
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Jul 12, 2013 | 07:20 AM

MIKE80

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I bought Grand Sport stripes from a vendor on ebay. I paid about $50 for both sides and they came with a black outline stripe kit that I did not use.

Jul 12, 2013 | 07:51 AM

Easy Mike

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Paint your own.

Jul 12, 2013 | 01:19 PM

orourke

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Painted them on the '73. Looking forward to removing them when I repaint the Vette in the very near future.

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Jul 12, 2013 | 02:26 PM

holden7896

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I just cut them myself with a razor blade in the kitchen. I paid $20 for a sheet of vinyl.

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Jul 12, 2013 | 03:03 PM

addballer696

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^^^ Vinyl is the way to go. Picked up a matte silver and metallic red each 1 sq ft sheets from 3m for about 20$ total. Used a paper stencil on my car and folded it around the curves to get the shape and basically just cut them out. Mine are kinda like the ron fellow grand sport stripes b/c they have the outline and are 4" and 5" in width respectably. I wish they were a bit closer together though. Doing the silver outline was a bit hard in regard to its application because everything must line up perfect and vinyl will tend change shape a bit when it is applied. When i was finished putting it on with the help of my brother, I got a razor and did some minor clean up on parts of the edges that where wider than the uniform width. Its not perfect, but to the human eye its pretty dang close. Best part is if you mess up simply take it off and start over.

Jul 12, 2013 | 03:09 PM

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holden7896

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Here's how mine turned out

Jul 12, 2013 | 03:09 PM

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qwank

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I never got what the fascination with these were, especially since they were never installed like that on race cars

Jul 12, 2013 | 03:10 PM

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holden7896

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Oops, did the same picture twice

Jul 12, 2013 | 03:10 PM

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holden7896

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I don't care if they were installed on race cars or not. I think they look good. I've gotten many compliments on them while driving around.

Jul 13, 2013 | 11:23 PM

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When I was in the Army, one hash mark was for every 3 years of service. What do they mean on cars?

Jul 13, 2013 | 11:31 PM

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Jim78SA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by qwank

I never got what the fascination with these were, especially since they were never installed like that on race cars

They were on the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport race cars.

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Originally Posted by Chicagodogs

When I was in the Army, one hash mark was for every 3 years of service. What do they mean on cars?

They are to pay homage to the 1963 Grand Sport Les Mons race cars. There were three and the hash marks, I believe, were a way to tell the difference between the cars.

Jul 13, 2013 | 11:41 PM

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Jim78SA

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I guess I stand corrected, I can not find a single picture of a Grand Sport with the stripes. Oh well, they are still cool!

Jul 14, 2013 | 12:42 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1HotZR-1

They were on the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport race cars.

They are to pay homage to the 1963 Grand Sport Les Mons race cars. There were three and the hash marks, I believe, were a way to tell the difference between the cars.

Actually they were never on the original Grand Sports. When chassis 003 was restored years ago the owner put them on then. The identifier stripes that cars had at Nassau were on the nose. Car #50 was white , car #80 was red and car # 65 was black. I remember them being called rookie stripes back in the mid 70's . Same idea as Nascar when they had yellow bumpers for the new guys !! --- Ken

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Jun 5, 2023 | 10:08 AM

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VetteGuyD

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c3 corvette hash marks on 1977

[QUOTE=Jim78SA;1584386395]Where can I get
adding a few c3 photos with hash marks. i like mine.

Jun 7, 2023 | 01:43 PM

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Triton170

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I painted graphite pearl ghost stripes over torch Red base. Hard to see. They are "ghost" stripes. If I can get them to show up in a picture I'll post it.