Carlos,
I painted stripes on my BN7 for reason #10!
Keith
---- Carlos Cruz <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> >
> 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
>
> >
> 6:Racing stripes make the car look like it's going fast when parked
>
> >
> 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
>
> >
> 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
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> 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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