I'm getting ready to put the stripe on my 24 coupe. Does anyone know the width? what about color, I know its red, but which one? I guessed Vermillion Red. I'm hoping Dave S. reads this;)
I don't know about the width, but i can comment on the color.
Rob Heyen will tell you it's Cornhusker Red, the 'Bama guys will say Crimson Tide Red, the Okies will say Boomer Sooner Red. But I can tell you the correct color is Razorback Red.
Brian,
I am not certain about the Coupe but here is some information I used for our Fordor. This information was from an article from one of my old Vintage Ford Magazines and is now in the encyclopaedia. I seem to remember that Vermillion Red was specified some where as well. If the Sedans were pin striped this way I would think that the Coupe was as well. Regards, John
A red pin stripe was specified for all Sedans. This stripe was to be no less than 3/32 and no more than 1/8 wide, and was to run across the cowl and no more than 3/8 or less than 5/16 below the belt molding.
Brian,
If you're going to show it and be judged by a bunch of Model T expert judges, I'd go to the MTFCI forum and ask the question. They have the judges that should know! As a model t guru told me recently about local shows,..."the reddest one wins". If you're not going to be judged by model T experts at a national level, I'd drive it to the local auto paint supply store and get them to let you take several rolls of various width pin striping and hold them up to the car and see what looks best. That's what I did with the pickup shown in my profile (since the cab was a marriage of a 25 coupe and a 26 tudor). Not surprisingly, at the first big show I attended, a self proclaimed T expert got me aside and told me that his grandfather had one just like mine and my stripe was the wrong width for the closed cab pickup!
There was a thread on stripeing on the 24-25 T closed cars last year I believe. You probably can do a search and find it.
Some guys use pin stripeing tape. Its much easier to use the tape the hand stripeing.
BUT if your a 100% purist as some are it might not be for your likeing.
Brian Holcomb:
the original stripe on my 24 coupe was 1/8" wide. The new stripe is still 1/8".
According to the Model T Encyclopedia:
http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/P-R.htm#paint1
"* Carmine and Champagne were used on the black closed cars during the iron era (1917-1926). The exact color is not known at the time of this writing."
http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/1921-25H.htm
"A red pin stripe was specified for all Sedans. This stripe was to be no less than 3/32 and no more than 1/8 wide, and was to run across the cowl and no more than 3/8 or less than 5/16 below the belt molding."
The stripe runs just under the belt molding but does not run across any of the vertical moldings - including the ones on the edges of the doors.
Dave S.
Thanks guys! No, I'm not going for a judged look, but I want it to be in the area of correct.