[Healeys] Stripes/Racing stripes??????????

[bighealey3k at aim.com]

Ray,  Check out the discussion on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_stripe.  The color could identify the
country the racer is from and if off center inline with the driver, indicate
what side of the car the driver is situated.  In NASCAR "Yellow tape on the
back bumper of a NASCAR race car. It's presence means that the driver is a
series rookie"

Larry
'67 BJ8





-----Original Message-----
From: raymead at comcast.net
To: AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 2:30 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..........

here 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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