Alright Ray, what are you drinking and why haven't you passed it around to the
rest of us?
Just curious, what triggered the interesting question 40+ years later?
To steal one from David Letterman...
The top ten purposes for racing stripes:
>
10:Racing stripes make the car go faster
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9:Racing stripes give the driver an aggressive attitude
>
8:Racing stripes give bugs "lane choice" right before a bug strike
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7:Because flames on a British car just look silly
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6:Racing stripes make the car look like it's going fast when parked
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5:Racing stripes represent how many times you've had to re-do the car
>
4:Racing stripes allow the driver to be a good samaritan by drawing the
police's attention away from the faster moving car in the next lane
>
3:Who wants a one-color car
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2:Racing stripes prove the painter can still paint a straight line even after a
case of beer
>
1:The Metric System: It takes nearly a gallon to paint a car properly and
paint is sold by the liter in England. Too many cars were 90% complete and
painters had difficulty matching the original color.
>Just having fun on a Tuesday afternoon.
Cheers
To: AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, March 2, 2010 1:30:24 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Stripes/Racing stripes??????????
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..........B 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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