65 gt350 clone paint stripes

Re: 65 gt-350 clone

There are different ways to do them. Your painter should have a preference. The factory or dealer would have put them on top of the original paint. Thus you would have a edge. You could paint the stripe on, mask off, paint white then shoot clear and eliminate the edge since in would be buried in the clear. Really depends on what you are looking for. When I did mine I assembled the car and lined up all the panels. Set my centre line and masked out the stripe then disassembled and painted the stripe which allowed me to roll the stripe around all the edges. More work but that is the way I wanted them to turn out. Talk to your painter. Just take your time laying them out.




ORDER OF OPERATIONS (as per Shelby American)
1. Remove gas cap and windshield wiper blades.
2. Lay out roof area.
3. Lay out trunk-to-bumper area.
4. Lay out rear bumper-to-valance.
5. Lay out hood and cowl area-to-bumper.
6. Lay out front bumper-to-valance.
7. Mask car, complete
8. Paint, complete
9. Remove masking and clean
10. Install gas cap and wiper blades.
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PAINT (as per Shelby American)
* R-M Ditzler Dupont
1964 Ford Guardsman Blue A-1630 12832 4483
Chevrolet Commercial White 1347-E 2185 817

Don't know why chevy white is listed when Ford Wimbilton White was used.

 

Re: 65 gt-350 clone

So, Shelby didn't remove the bumpers? I thought the stripes always continued behind the bumpers which would mean they had to be removed. Am I wrong?

 

Re: 65 gt-350 clone

Shelby did on many but dealers did not (normally) The instuctions posted are from a memo that went out to dealers. for the 66 Shelbys

 

Re: 65 gt-350 clone

Chevrolet Commercial White Paint "IS" the "Correct" paint for white stripes on

Cobras and Shelbys that are not white in color. Reason: It is a bright white;

unlike Wimbledon white which is more of a cream color. Shelby wanted his

cars to stand out and thats why Chevrolet Commercial White was "SPECIFIED"

and "USED".
shlby66

 

I have just read through this post again,
....Remember if your car is a 65 and it is white with blue stripes
the white is wembledon white (a ford color) and the stripes are guardsman blue (also a ford color).
....The rocker stripes are done with paint, and they are in a different location and they are a different size than the tape stripes on a 66. The GT 350 logo on the rocker (tape) is also bigger (than 66).
good luck.
jimbo