decal or pinstripe - the stupid question of the day

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:40 pm

As I move toward getting my car painted, I have become concerned with ensuring that the gold stripe on my red 1986 convertible is done correctly. In looking at it, I cannot tell for certain whether it was painted on the car or is some kind of decal. My guess is the former, but I am not sure.

I suspect that many of you know the answer to this question. Whoever answers it first will be awarded a prize in the form of my undying respect and admiration.

Post by **negusm** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:52 pm

I "doubt" the original was painted on....but anything is possible I guess.

There are bunches of pinstripe tape out there. Go to a body shop and ask about who does the pinstriping. They should be able to get the right width tape and have somebody apply it.

I for one can't stand the gold pinstripes on the red asc verts. It makes the car look exactly like a Jeep Cherokee Limited.

-Mike

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:03 pm

negusm wrote:I for one can't stand the gold pinstripes on the red asc verts. It makes the car look exactly like a Jeep Cherokee Limited.

Now now, it isn't that bad. It is barely visible.

dahberg · Post by **dahberg** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:46 am

Huh, which came first? The chicken or the egg???

While I appreciate Mike's opinion and could easily agree; did not the Cherokee copy from the McLaren? With this thought, IMOHO, I love the stripes on the red capri!!! I have owned a couple different Grand Cherokee Limited's, but none with the stripes as I thought they were hokey and not original. I wonder...

Post by **negusm** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:49 am

dahberg wrote:did not the Cherokee copy from the McLaren?

Technically yes, but it just sticks in my mind that I saw the Cherokee first before I saw any asc with the gold pinstripes.

-Mike

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:58 am

Thinking of the gold pinstripes prompted me to wonder how the McLaren would have looked if they had been built 5-10 years earlier. Instead of a little stripe, they might have had a Mercury/ascMcLaren version of the Screaming Chicken on the hood of the Trans Am. Kind of humorous, if you think about it.

[To all Pontiac fans: Please note that I love the 1970s Trans Ams as well as the chickens that adorned their hoods. No disrespect is intended.]

Post by **negusm** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:39 pm

75coug wrote:Thinking of the gold pinstripes prompted me to wonder how the McLaren would have looked if they had been built 5-10 years earlier. Instead of a little stripe, they might have had a Mercury/ascMcLaren version of the Screaming Chicken on the hood of the Trans Am. Kind of humorous, if you think about it.

[To all Pontiac fans: Please note that I love the 1970s Trans Ams as well as the chickens that adorned their hoods. No disrespect is intended.]

Hahah.....now THERE'S a picture to imagine.

tfs2121 · Post by **tfs2121** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:46 pm

mike you poke fun at the gold stripes but your car is bright orange...

it grows on you after some time...

Post by **negusm** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:52 pm

tfs2121 wrote:mike you poke fun at the gold stripes but your car is bright orange...

it grows on you after some time...

The difference is, it is unique to the ascMcLaren Coupes and I have never seen it anywhere else on any other car.

The only slight exception to that may be some Cavalier Z24s with a red/orange stripe in them. But those came after I already had my car...so its kind of reversed...as I think all those Z24s look like ascMcLaren Coupes.

-Mike