Why fender stripes?
This topic is on here just about everyday just like "which exhaust is better" etc.
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Back in the 60's, racing teams often had several cars with similar paint schemes driving at one time. It got confusing! With cars whizzing by at high speeds, combined with sometimes hectic work, race teams found the need to distinguish their cars and or drivers from one another. They accomplished this by simply applying one or two stripes on a hood, nose or fender. The most famous use for these stripes comes from the awesome lightweight 1963 Grand Sport Corvettes inspired by the father of the Corvette himself, Dora Arkus Duntov. These marvels dominated the track and brought down the almost unbeatable AC Cobras and Ferraris of the day. The stripes reappeared in 1996 with the revival of the legendary Grand Sport Corvette name and color scheme in the last year of the C4 design.
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If you really want to know research it a bit within this forum. There is a whole thread that explains it somewhere....to summarize it....it was originally used to identify the different racers by how many stripes or the size of the stripes....so, it's honoring a race tradition.
(the five original '63 Grand Sport racecars were all identical, other than having colored-coded hash marks to identify them on the track).
(the five original '63 Grand Sport racecars were all identical, other than having colored-coded hash marks to identify them on the track).
I did it because of the above historical reflection and also because I just like the looks.
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I don't like them personally, but I say go for it if you do since it is your car and it should please you
I might have to rethink them instead of cam since they add horsepower and are easier to do
I might have to rethink them instead of cam since they add horsepower and are easier to do
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If you really want to know research it a bit within this forum. There is a whole thread that explains it somewhere....to summarize it....it was originally used to identify the different racers by how many stripes or the size of the stripes....so, it's honoring a race tradition.
(the five original '63 Grand Sport racecars were all identical, other than having colored-coded hash marks to identify them on the track).
(the five original '63 Grand Sport racecars were all identical, other than having colored-coded hash marks to identify them on the track).
