 Side Stripe, what is the correct placement? |
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| mdwman |
 May 7 2008, 07:02 AM
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I've decided to add a black side stripe to my yellow '73 1.7L. I'm going with the positive stripe to keep it period correct and ordered a pair from AA. In the day, when these were applied by a dealer was there a standard placement position for the stripe? Specifically, how many inches above the rocker panel was it applied? Also, how far forward or back on the door should the PORSCHE lettering be (guess this depends on the length of the decal)?
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| Pat Garvey |
 May 7 2008, 07:54 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(mdwman @ May 7 2008, 07:02 AM)  I've decided to add a black side stripe to my yellow '73 1.7L. I'm going with the positive stripe to keep it period correct and ordered a pair from AA. In the day, when these were applied by a dealer was there a standard placement position for the stripe? Specifically, how many inches above the rocker panel was it applied? Also, how far forward or back on the door should the PORSCHE lettering be (guess this depends on the length of the decal)? Thanks, M Recognize that these were aftermarket parts from the beginning. So, in essence, they can be placed wherever you wish. I did a positive stripe within months of getting my '72. Placed it about an inch from the bottom edge, so it wouldn't blend too much with the black rockers - but that was my choice. Later, switched to negatives (which I like better), but placed it about the same area. Both are long gone. Put it where you like - there are no guidelines that I know of. However, I have been proven wrong a time or two. Pat |
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| Ferg |
May 8 2008, 10:30 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,948 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 116 Region Association: None 
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[/quote] Recognize that these were aftermarket parts from the beginning. So, in essence, they can be placed wherever you wish. [/quote] Not all of them were aftermarket Pat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| JeffBowlsby |
May 8 2008, 03:23 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,486 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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| EdwardBlume |
May 8 2008, 04:14 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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I've got a set that is period correct and am debating using it on my Olympic 74.
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| Joe Bob |
May 8 2008, 08:33 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Period correct? As in made back in the 70s?
Hope you have good luck in it seperating from the backing and actually sticking to the car. Or do you mean a new reproduction using a scanned or digitally copied original? |
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| mdwman |
May 8 2008, 08:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 28-May 07 From: Tennessee Member No.: 7,764 |
Yes, repro i presume. I ordered it from AutoAtlanta.
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| Pat Garvey |
May 8 2008, 09:14 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
[quote name='Ferg' date='May 8 2008, 10:30 AM' post='1029691']
[/quote] Recognize that these were aftermarket parts from the beginning. So, in essence, they can be placed wherever you wish. [/quote] Not all of them were aftermarket Pat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) [/quote] I suppose the term "aftermarket" probably should be changed to dealer installed/provided, or secondary supplier. Seriously doubt that the factory shipped any with stripes. Though, I've been proven wrong before. Pat |
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| Scott S |
May 8 2008, 11:24 PM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
[quote name='Pat Garvey' date='May 8 2008, 07:14 PM' post='1029931']
[quote name='Ferg' date='May 8 2008, 10:30 AM' post='1029691'] [/quote] Recognize that these were aftermarket parts from the beginning. So, in essence, they can be placed wherever you wish. [/quote] Not all of them were aftermarket Pat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) [/quote] I suppose the term "aftermarket" probably should be changed to dealer installed/provided, or secondary supplier. Seriously doubt that the factory shipped any with stripes. Though, I've been proven wrong before. Pat [/quote] (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) So the dealers put them on the SE/Can Am cars? Jeff?? |
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| JeffBowlsby |
May 9 2008, 12:12 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,486 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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Thats what I have heard from 2 long-time folks that worked at the dealers when the LE cars were delivered to the lot. Cars were shipped with cosmoline for the boat trip over, the cosmoline would have ruined the decals, which were normally put on during dealer prep. Sometimes buyers had the dealers leave the stripes off... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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| 914Sixer |
May 10 2008, 07:29 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,872 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I thought all the stripes where dealer installed. I have an orignial Bumble Bee yellow stripe with a factory VW Part number on it.
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| JeffBowlsby |
May 10 2008, 08:51 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,486 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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Whats the PN Mark? Is it one of these?
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| Scott S |
May 10 2008, 03:09 PM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
Interesting. I forgot all about the comsmoline.
Based on several discussions on the board, that would mean that to correctly restore a can am car to concour, there should be no stripe. Is that correct? Was cosmoline also used on the the 911? If so, wouldn't the carrera stripe also be considered dealer installed, and therefore incorrect for a concour car? |
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| scotty b |
May 11 2008, 01:16 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Will Pat cover his car in cosmoline for the upcoming concourse battle ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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| 1970 Neun vierzehn |
May 11 2008, 01:27 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
QUOTE(scotty b @ May 11 2008, 11:16 AM) Will Pat cover his car in cosmoline for the upcoming concourse battle ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Only if he can find a container of it, manufactured in West Germany and produced (and verified with carbon dating) in 1972. Paul |
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| Scott S |
May 11 2008, 02:47 PM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
QUOTE(scotty b @ May 11 2008, 11:16 AM) Will Pat cover his car in cosmoline for the upcoming concourse battle ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) That would still put him in the restored class because he made the mistake of washing the original off the car! |
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| 914werke |
Nov 30 2009, 11:49 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,030 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Ok so contrary to Pats quip that it is the owners choice, I tend to believe that
there probably was some "rule" followed by dealers for the exact placement/application of the side decals (positive or negative). I am focusing on the Negative stripes specifically for the LE, and believe that correct spacing is vital to the overall aesthetic of the Can Am paint scheme. I searched and was surprised that this specific topic wasn't already memorialized here in its own topic? |
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