67 68 Le Mans Stripes

[557]

Imho 67s look dope with stripes...68s not so much.After having it for 38 years with stripes my car would look naked to my eye without them.For sure it isn't factory and does devalue the car somewhat,but as it is a driver and won't be concoursed or sold on my watch I will never go back to "bare".Plus it draws cops like honey to a bear,so there's that ......

[Bob Gaines]

   Umm, the topic is 67/68 cars, eh.

No regular production 67/68's got stripes from SA - so the topic moved to how not even a majority of 66's got stripes and how even the ones that did like hertz cars, they didn't apply them to the roof. Just good information to know about Shelby's.

A slight clarification to avoid confusion in that for 66 Hertz production the red and green cars did not get LeMans stripes but the black,white and blue did.

[427hunter]

   Umm, the topic is 67/68 cars, eh.

No regular production 67/68's got stripes from SA - so the topic moved to how not even a majority of 66's got stripes and how even the ones that did like hertz cars, they didn't apply them to the roof. Just good information to know about Shelby's.

A slight clarification to avoid confusion in that for 66 Hertz production the red and green cars did not get LeMans stripes but the black,white and blue did.

Just so I'm clear all black, white, and blue hertz cars did get roof stripes? 

[Bob Gaines]

   Umm, the topic is 67/68 cars, eh.

No regular production 67/68's got stripes from SA - so the topic moved to how not even a majority of 66's got stripes and how even the ones that did like hertz cars, they didn't apply them to the roof. Just good information to know about Shelby's.

A slight clarification to avoid confusion in that for 66 Hertz production the red and green cars did not get LeMans stripes but the black,white and blue did.

Just so I'm clear all black, white, and blue hertz cars did get roof stripes?

Yes.The roof stripes are referred to as Le Mans stripes. The side stripes are refereed to as rally stripes.

[2112]

Aw, too bad. Gold stripes look incredible on Red and Green cars.

[427hunter]

   Umm, the topic is 67/68 cars, eh.

No regular production 67/68's got stripes from SA - so the topic moved to how not even a majority of 66's got stripes and how even the ones that did like hertz cars, they didn't apply them to the roof. Just good information to know about Shelby's.

A slight clarification to avoid confusion in that for 66 Hertz production the red and green cars did not get LeMans stripes but the black,white and blue did.

Just so I'm clear all black, white, and blue hertz cars did get roof stripes?

Yes.The roof stripes are referred to as Le Mans stripes. The side stripes are refereed to as rally stripes.

I know they are called Le Mans stripes (duh)

Randy pointed out that:

" Don't forget that many Hertz cars didn't get roof stripes. The 18 white/blue and several red ones in the northeast. Black certainly got them . I don't know about blue and green cars without them. Mine did not have them and doesn't now.
   Randy"


So I misunderstood Randy, he was referring to these hertz cars not having Le Mans stripes at all.

[Bob Gaines]

   Umm, the topic is 67/68 cars, eh.

No regular production 67/68's got stripes from SA - so the topic moved to how not even a majority of 66's got stripes and how even the ones that did like hertz cars, they didn't apply them to the roof. Just good information to know about Shelby's.

A slight clarification to avoid confusion in that for 66 Hertz production the red and green cars did not get LeMans stripes but the black,white and blue did.

Just so I'm clear all black, white, and blue hertz cars did get roof stripes?

Yes.The roof stripes are referred to as Le Mans stripes. The side stripes are refereed to as rally stripes.

I know they are called Le Mans stripes (duh)

Randy pointed out that:

" Don't forget that many Hertz cars didn't get roof stripes. The 18 white/blue and several red ones in the northeast. Black certainly got them . I don't know about blue and green cars without them. Mine did not have them and doesn't now.
   Randy"


So I misunderstood Randy, he was referring to these hertz cars not having Le Mans stripes at all.

You quoted me when asking about the colors that got stripes even after I stated as much which was a little strange  but I still answered. You referred to them as "roof stripes"  which after asking the redundant which colors got "roof stripe " question made me think you were confused on terminology too. As far as the " Duh" comment ,I was not trying to make you look uninformed on purpose.

[427hunter]

   Umm, the topic is 67/68 cars, eh.

No regular production 67/68's got stripes from SA - so the topic moved to how not even a majority of 66's got stripes and how even the ones that did like hertz cars, they didn't apply them to the roof. Just good information to know about Shelby's.

A slight clarification to avoid confusion in that for 66 Hertz production the red and green cars did not get LeMans stripes but the black,white and blue did.

Just so I'm clear all black, white, and blue hertz cars did get roof stripes?

Yes.The roof stripes are referred to as Le Mans stripes. The side stripes are refereed to as rally stripes.

I know they are called Le Mans stripes (duh)

Randy pointed out that:

" Don't forget that many Hertz cars didn't get roof stripes. The 18 white/blue and several red ones in the northeast. Black certainly got them . I don't know about blue and green cars without them. Mine did not have them and doesn't now.
   Randy"


So I misunderstood Randy, he was referring to these hertz cars not having Le Mans stripes at all.

You quoted me when asking about the colors that got stripes even after I stated as much which was a little strange  but I still answered. You referred to them as "roof stripes"  which after asking the redundant which colors got "roof stripe " question made me think you were confused on terminology too. As far as the " Duh" comment ,I was not trying to make you look uninformed on purpose.

I misunderstood Randy is all, I thought he was saying some hertz cars got hood and trunk but not roof stripes - no worries.

[gt350hr]

    Sorry for the confusion. The 18 white with blue stripe cars did not have LeMans stripes. There weren't any "partial" ( hood and trunk only) striped cars. I have called them roof stripes since they came out. Even SAI's painter Dennis Ercek (sp) rip called them that. LeMans is the proper term for them.
    Randy

[Richstang]

It is easy to see where all the confusion on the naming of the stripes over the top of the '67 Shelby's comes from. In late 1966, Shelby American documents used different names on each of the printed marketing materials. Based on that, you could say they are all technically correct.

Those names include, 'Rally stripe', 'Rallye stripe', 'Full Stripe', 'LeMans body stripes', and 'Optional Stripe'.
The side stripes are simply noted as 'Side Striping' in several SAI marketed documents, as they were a standard feature.

Call them what you will, but these LeMans Stripes were never implemented in actual production from the LAX Shelby American factory.

This topic is covered in detail on the SRG post named Full Stripes
https://groups.google.com/forum/?oldui=1&pli=1#!topic/shelbyresearch/mxaLAl-p1kU