Hash marks?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 5,278
Likes: 539
From: Kelowna BC
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 20,179
Likes: 673
From: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
St. Jude '03 thru '24
So many stories about the hash stripe legacy. I've seen some early pics of Carrols Cobra's from LeMans with the red stripes. Then the Z06's at Nassau to help ID the cars for the pit crew. Like the car number wouldn't be a clue? Of course the 96 GS that recaptured the idea. To todays Blow-Pars and Rustangs.... Who cares any more?! Like any stripe over the roof, its your car. Stripe it and enjoy it.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 3,473
Likes: 691
From: West Virginia
To each their own, but I've never been a fan of the stripes on corvette fenders, I understand it's part of racing history but wasn't they only used in a couple of races? I think they may have came on a C5R and maybe another one at some point.. But I just think they look out of place.. Am I the only one?
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 17,767
Likes: 3,695
From: The Sunshine State
2022 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2021 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
Finalist 2020 C7 of the Year -- Modified
2020 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
C5 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
2018 C5 of Year Finalist
It's such a completely reversable mod and after owning my car for 10+ years, it was nice to change it up a bit. I've received many compliments and even people who approach me at shows and Corvette runs and say "I saw your car at ______" because they recognize the fender stripes. I think that's pretty cool.
I also laugh at how my fender stripes and red FRCs upset so many Corvette purists, like I broke some kind of unwritten Corvette commandment.
If you like them, install them. If you don't, pass on the mod! Pretty simple.
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