When did OTT LeMans stripes become a thing?

[Side-Oilers]

Whats not to love about that picture. The iconic SHELBY colors, with a well fed driver, happy as can be driving one of those new fangled machines. Those images are ingrained in many of our minds, and with most performance cars of that time, the best had stripes. I try to have some sort of stripes even on my newer vehicles as a throwback from back in the day. Starting off with HOT WHEELS, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Cars Boats, Airplanes everything has stripes. Truly a time to cherish!

^^^+1 427heaven!

When I bought my KR in 1982, it did not (and still does not) have stripes.  I personally like the OTT stripes, but I soon got tired of explaining to random people that they're incorrect in their belief that "All Shelbys have stripes!"

[roddster]

Whats not to love about that picture. The iconic SHELBY colors, with a well fed driver, happy as can be driving one of those new fangled machines. Those images are ingrained in many of our minds, and with most performance cars of that time, the best had stripes. I try to have some sort of stripes even on my newer vehicles as a throwback from back in the day. Starting off with HOT WHEELS, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Cars Boats, Airplanes everything has stripes. Truly a time to cherish!

And add to that: Slot car racing and building model cars.

[roddster]

  A suggestion on this occured right after reading the weekly Ford Performance Email.
    How about we call them Cunningham stripes?

[jguyer]

They also used them for Le Mans, so the term "Le Mans Stripes" is good all around.

[roddster]

  Yep, Cunningham used them at LeMans.....

[Richstang]

Cunningham was certainly the trendsetter here and first with the OTT stripes.
'LeMans Stripes' was the name given by SAI for the 1967 model year.
A year earlier for 1966, SAI called them 'Rally Stripes'.

There's a more in depth look at this topic in our SRG group.
https://groups.google.com/g/shelbyresearch/c/mxaLAl-p1kU

[68krrrr]

Couple of custom stripe jobs looks like from the 60s or 70's  this picture was taken, check out the solid stripe on the Nightmist blue car

[Side-Oilers]

Can't quite read the license tag...Ohio?

[gt350cs]

Don't believe that the plate are Ohio. Theirs were white background I think Number. The digits appear to be 823-A0F

They could be first issue plates, would be good to get the VIN.

[2112]

Love the picture! I will guess 1975 based on the hair and clothes.

[S7MS427]

Could those be Garden State tags?  NJ use a kind of light tan/off muddy yellow background on their plates.

[JD]

Could those be Garden State tags?  NJ use a kind of light tan/off muddy yellow background on their plates.

That's what I was thinking, they don't look like Ohio

[davez]

I'm not sure I see New Jersey spelled there, maybe on the bottom. Virginia used to be white tags with black digits  for odd years 65,67,69, Black tags white digits  even years 64,66,68
Could be very dirty white tags. In the 70's they were white tags blue letters all years
dz

Not virginia
Here's a set I have from 67

[427heaven]

I can see a small line above the gas cap separating the stripes, with a nice factory looking taper on the rear valance. Proof not just the left coasters could appreciate the bitchen racing stripes of the time.

[S7MS427]

The character sequencing looks right for that era, three numerals followed by three letters.  Maybe I'm fooling myself but I can almost believe I see NEW JERSEY across the top of the plate and GARDEN STATE across the bottom.