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Hood pinstriping

Post by Belliott3 » Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:34 pm

Does anyone have a clear picture of what the pinstriping on the hood looks like on the early T's? I would like to pinstripe the hood of my 1910 T, but would like to see what one looks like. I realize they differ from car to car, but a basic solid red rectangle inside each riveted area is what I'm looking for.

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Re: Hood pinstriping

Post by KWTownsend » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:17 am

The attachment shaber hood pinstripe smaller.jpg is no longer available
About 3/4"r form the outer edges, straight up the front, along the center hinge, and down the back.
Sometimes across the bottom.
NO BOXES!

early 1911 pinstripe 2.jpg
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Re: Hood pinstriping

Post by KWTownsend » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:21 am

NOT like these:
Edwards wide track w brass.jpg
1911 touring Steve Stapley.jpg
1911 touring Steve Stapley.jpg (47.1 KiB) Viewed 3384 times
Ravez 2.jpg


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Re: Hood pinstriping

Post by Belliott3 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:07 am

Very interesting! And here I thought there were boxes, because every early T I've seen pictures of (after restoration) they all have the areas boxed in with pinstripes. That original picture sure makes it clear - thanks Keith!


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Re: Hood pinstriping

Post by Dave_Baker » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:43 am

I agree with Keith look at the original photo this is correct. Mark Cameron has restored some great early cars, they where not striped in in box pattern. There is a great photo of Henry Ford in the early photos section (1912) it shows the hood with original stripe this is a 1912 but great reference too many restored cars are not correct. The photo of Henry Ford also shows the removable front door stripe.


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Re: Hood pinstriping

Post by Rich Bingham » Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:02 am

It's great to have the period photos to refer to when a person is interested in restoring with authentic accuracy. One thing you rarely see on restorations, old photos show most of the striping was a "hairline" - very thin. Few modern day practitioners can pull a line that fine, and if one must rely on masking, it's pretty much impossible to stripe that fine.
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