[Sunbeam Talbot Email List] stripes/racing stripes

[DIn1022099 at aol.com]

Hello Ray,
 
 I was in the U.S. Air Force in the mid 60's too. Saw lots of stripes  on 
many cars but didn't know the width meant something. What a  concept.
 
Don
 
 
In a message dated 3/2/2010 12:18:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
raymead at comcast.net writes:


hello all 
Way back when (mid 60s) , i was in a sportscar club in San Antonio,  Texas 
called Checkpointer's Ltd.......... 

There was a guy in the club (an Englishman who was in our 
Air Force), who had a great Healey........... (I had an old beat 
up and modified '56 Healey)................. 
As I remember it - he told me that stripes down the hood of a car 
actually mean something - stripes could be thick or thin, and would 
refer to both the car and the driver..........  depending on the  thickness 
of the stripes, and their layout, it would mean something like "car  
ready", 
or "driver ready" or "car and driver ready".............. 
Anyone know what the heck I am talking about?????? 
tks,  ray


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