https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx0lAm7rs4_/?hl=en
Took a joyride this morning to run the gas down. She poses nicely at White Cemetery on Cuba Road, a haunted road allegedly.
It is a handsome thunderous car. Enough to raise the dead.
Yes indeed. I looked at some of the headstones and some where Civil War era burials. I wondered what they would say if they could see the world today if but for a few minutes. See cars, planes and so on. See the Boss 302 parked over their eternal resting place. It would be a totally alien experience for them.
Incidentally, I am reaching a dangerous cross-road regarding the stripes. These stripes are clearly not the original stripes on this Laguna Seca though Ford should have offered red like they did on the black 2012s. In any event, the NOS stripes are becoming increasingly difficult to find first off and second, they are getting to an age where they eventually won't adhere anymore if I decided to change the stripes back to original. The lettering on Boss is wrong. The font is called "Eurostile_ according to my research, the "S' letters being thinner at the bottom and top. Hey, I'm starting to be a bit like Bob Gaines et al. Lol. Yeah, right. Not even close. But I try. So keep the red or jettison in favor of the original reflective silver tape?
I always thought red on black makes it look like a Pentecostal?
Reach out to this place:
https://www.facebook.com/Auto-Graphics-Plus-164929450241406/?pnref=lhc
He does lots of vintage and modern stripe kits and Decals. Guys on the Boss site swear by him.
Roy
Quote from: TA Coupe on September 30, 2023, 08:38:54 PM
Reach out to this place:
https://www.facebook.com/Auto-Graphics-Plus-164929450241406/?pnref=lhc
He does lots of vintage and modern stripe kits and Decals. Guys on the Boss site swear by him.
Roy
Thank you for the info!
Black and gold like the Hertz cars is my favorite.
Quote from: shelbydoug on September 30, 2023, 09:09:48 PM
Black and gold like the Hertz cars is my favorite.
Actually come to think of it that would look pretty wild. And on a Laguna no less. It already confuses those who know these cars.
Quote from: deathsled on September 30, 2023, 09:34:59 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on September 30, 2023, 09:09:48 PM
Black and gold like the Hertz cars is my favorite.
Actually come to think of it that would look pretty wild. And on a Laguna no less. It already confuses those who know these cars.
Since you seem intent upon striping the car, I don't think that you can improve upon the combination. I'm not sure why the combination was never offered on the newer cars? Maybe a copyright thing with Hertz?
I don't know why you would want to go with a roll of Mylar stripes? I think it is much easier to paint them on. Certainly the paint formula for the Hertz gold is a known thing. The only decision to make there would be the size of the stripes. I'd go with the classic dimensions. Twin 10", tapered, 2" spacing in between.
I've already stated that I feel the Lemans stripes are too attention grabbing.
I actually witnessed a 66 with stripes get zoomed by a NYS Police patrol 'plane. He came so close I thought the tires were going to skid on the cars roof? Do you really want that kind of attention?
Quote from: shelbydoug on October 01, 2023, 08:23:10 AMSince you seem intent upon striping the car, I don't think that you can improve upon the combination. I'm not sure why the combination was never offered on the newer cars? Maybe a copyright thing with Hertz?
Hertz cars when they first started were black with gold pinstripes (1920s?) which is why the colors were chosen when SA made the pitch to Hertz. The recent Hertz Camaro's are black with yellow stripes.
When Ford made the 2006 GT Heritage edition they had to shift the hue of the Gulf colors so they didn't get sued. Gulf wanted some $$ per car to use "their colors" and Ford refused to spend the money.
But for some reason I sense that Richard is drawn toward the Alan Mann Heritage GT
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 02, 2023, 04:05:48 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on October 01, 2023, 08:23:10 AMSince you seem intent upon striping the car, I don't think that you can improve upon the combination. I'm not sure why the combination was never offered on the newer cars? Maybe a copyright thing with Hertz?
Hertz cars when they first started were black with gold pinstripes (1920s?) which is why the colors were chosen when SA made the pitch to Hertz. The recent Hertz Camaro's are black with yellow stripes.
When Ford made the 2006 GT Heritage edition they had to shift the hue of the Gulf colors so they didn't get sued. Gulf wanted some $$ per car to use "their colors" and Ford refused to spend the money.
But for some reason I sense that Richard is drawn toward the Alan Mann Heritage GT
You would be correct, sir! Perfect color combination for a perfect car. I think Tim Burton of the Shmee150 website used that color combo for his Ford GT.
There you go. Keep it in the family with a big gold (actually a bronze powder formula) Hertz pair.
How about no stripes, and a set of those red wheels from a 2012......
Quote from: Bigfoot on October 02, 2023, 05:37:03 PM
How about no stripes, and a set of those red wheels from a 2012......
I personally hated the 2012 LS Black/Red scheme. I was looking to buy one and thought I'd get the red roof, grille, spoiler wrapped with a carbon fibre look and swap the wheels out. That way it could be returned to original at a future date. Now I'm torn between a 2013 school bus yellow LS or a 2020 Bullitt because I like the IRS.
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 02, 2023, 08:40:34 PM
Quote from: Bigfoot on October 02, 2023, 05:37:03 PM
How about no stripes, and a set of those red wheels from a 2012......
I personally hated the 2012 LS Black/Red scheme. I was looking to buy one and thought I'd get the red roof, grille, spoiler wrapped with a carbon fibre look and swap the wheels out. That way it could be returned to original at a future date. Now I'm torn between a 2013 school bus yellow LS or a 2020 Bullitt because I like the IRS.
The day two red stripes came with the car. I like the black and red combo myself. I would go for the 2013 school bus yellow LS all day long over the Bullitt. Solid axles are STRONG! As for doing a restriping of the car, I am inclined to keep as is. I looked at some NOS stripes that are correct for the car and the asking is $2,019.92.
https://www.levittownfordparts.com/sku/lsstripekitgry.html
Further, from memory, nos 66 side stripes lose all of their adhesion over a given period of time and then are worthless. Perhaps ten year old stripes have had it and are no good anymore anyway. I like the gold stripe hertz style idea. Some day perhaps.
The gold Hertz stripes are just classy. For some reason they remind me of two electrical conductor strips and sometimes I just want to connect them with my tongue to get a jolt to the electrodes?
I have no idea where the idea came from? Must be some kind of folly of youth, I did it and the jolt made me forget? I don't know? Strange? Any hot chicks listening? Do you remember me for some reason?
I have to agree that the gold stripes are classy but of course I am biased. I think there is an R model as I observed a while back in the 1965 Shelby Mustang section that was a midnight blue with gold stripes. I think the car is owned by one Fred Hillbert out of Kansas It is quite the car! I believe that he has owned the car for a very long time. Like a successful marriage. Something I would know nothing about. But I'm okay with it.
Quote from: deathsled on October 02, 2023, 09:35:24 PM
The day two red stripes came with the car. I like the black and red combo myself.
Further, from memory, nos 66 side stripes lose all of their adhesion over a given period of time and then are worthless. Perhaps ten year old stripes have had it and are no good anymore anyway. I like the gold stripe hertz style idea. Some day perhaps.
Your black/red looks good. The 2012 red was overkill on both the black and silver cars. I think I'd follow the "normal" LS Boss stripes rather than a Hertz LeMans stripe look.
Are the side stripes on 843 the NOS ones you got with the car?
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 02, 2023, 11:31:06 PM
Quote from: deathsled on October 02, 2023, 09:35:24 PM
The day two red stripes came with the car. I like the black and red combo myself.
Further, from memory, nos 66 side stripes lose all of their adhesion over a given period of time and then are worthless. Perhaps ten year old stripes have had it and are no good anymore anyway. I like the gold stripe hertz style idea. Some day perhaps.
Your black/red looks good. The 2012 red was overkill on both the black and silver cars. I think I'd follow the "normal" LS Boss stripes rather than a Hertz LeMans stripe look.
Are the side stripes on 843 the NOS ones you got with the car?
Actually they are not the NOS but I still have the NOS that you gave me. There was some doubt by the striper that they would work so I decided to hang on to them.
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 02, 2023, 11:31:06 PM
Quote from: deathsled on October 02, 2023, 09:35:24 PM
The day two red stripes came with the car. I like the black and red combo myself.
Further, from memory, nos 66 side stripes lose all of their adhesion over a given period of time and then are worthless. Perhaps ten year old stripes have had it and are no good anymore anyway. I like the gold stripe hertz style idea. Some day perhaps.
Your black/red looks good. The 2012 red was overkill on both the black and silver cars. I think I'd follow the "normal" LS Boss stripes rather than a Hertz LeMans stripe look.
Are the side stripes on 843 the NOS ones you got with the car?
BUT, what about switching everything from Red to the Hurtz Gold? Same design, just Gold.
Quote from: tesgt350 on October 03, 2023, 08:45:03 AM
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 02, 2023, 11:31:06 PM
Quote from: deathsled on October 02, 2023, 09:35:24 PM
The day two red stripes came with the car. I like the black and red combo myself.
Further, from memory, nos 66 side stripes lose all of their adhesion over a given period of time and then are worthless. Perhaps ten year old stripes have had it and are no good anymore anyway. I like the gold stripe hertz style idea. Some day perhaps.
Your black/red looks good. The 2012 red was overkill on both the black and silver cars. I think I'd follow the "normal" LS Boss stripes rather than a Hertz LeMans stripe look.
Are the side stripes on 843 the NOS ones you got with the car?
BUT, what about switching everything from Red to the Hurtz Gold? Same design, just Gold.
That would be my thinking if I decide to do it. Keep the same design. That would confuse those who know the cars even more.