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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.

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!

NOT like these:

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!

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.

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.