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

raymead at comcast.net raymead at comcast.net
Tue Mar 2 15:57:33 MST 2010


Hi Carlos,



Actually, that question has been bouncing around in my head

for a long time (you have a lot more time when you are retired)!!!!!!!!!!!



As for the Letterman list - can't say I'm a fan, but that was a funny list....

(doesn't answer my question, but still funny)!



tks, happy motoring,

ray




----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos Cruz" <healey3000bn7 at yahoo.com>
To: raymead at comcast.net, "AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 3:27:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Stripes/Racing stripes??????????



Alright Ray, what are you drinking and why haven't you passed it around to the
rest of us? B 


Just curious, what triggered the interesting question 40+ years later?B 


To steal one from David Letterman...B 


The top ten purposes for racing stripes:




10: Racing stripes make the car go faster




9: Racing stripesB give the driver an aggressive attitude




8: Racing stripesB give bugs "lane choice" right before a bug strike




7: Because flames on a British car just look silly




6: Racing stripesB 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: B It takes nearly a gallon to paint a car properly and
paint is sold by the liter in England. B Too many cars were 90% complete and
painters had difficulty matching the original color.


Just having fun on a Tuesday afternoon.


Cheers





From: "raymead at comcast.net" <raymead at comcast.net>
To: AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB <healeys at 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..........BB  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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