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somewhat OT - racing stripes poll
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Jeff-
Like you, I've associated the two-stripe look with fast road cars =
since the 60's. I'd do it except they are fast becoming semi-poplular =
with the ricer crowd out here.
Maybe something like this would be tastefully acceptable: paint the =
stripes on your 'roc, but instead of a wildly contrasting color, use the =
SAME color as your car, just tint it with a little black or a little =
white to make the shade just one step darker or lighter. That way it =
would be very subtle, but there nontheless.
Larry
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From: Jeff Toomasson=20
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org=20
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: somewhat OT - racing stripes poll
The guy who brought up the Sierra cosworth scoop got me reminiscing...
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ever since before I could even drive, I've always been enamored with =
the two racing stripe look on the late '60s Amercian muscle cars.
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I've kinda wanted to do it to a Scirocco, but have always kinda felt =
that it would look out of place and that it really only belongs on those =
American muscle cars. I'm normally pretty particular about trying to =
staying true to the secular design trends of each type of car...
=20
A not-so-good example would be like putting a type R sticker on a roc =
- it's just something you don't do...
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What's everyone's take?
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JT
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jeff-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Like you, I've associated the =
two-stripe=20
look with fast road cars since the 60's. I'd do it except they are =
fast=20
becoming semi-poplular with the ricer crowd out here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Maybe something like this would be =
tastefully=20
acceptable: paint the stripes on your 'roc, but instead of a =
wildly=20
contrasting color, use the SAME color as your car, just tint it with a =
little=20
black or a little white to make the shade just one step darker or =
lighter. =20
That way it would be very subtle, but there nontheless.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Larry</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 25, 2002 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> somewhat OT - racing =
stripes=20
poll</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The guy who brought up the Sierra =
cosworth scoop=20
got me reminiscing...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ever since before I could even drive, =
I've always=20
been enamored with the two racing stripe look on the late=20
'60s Amercian muscle cars.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've kinda wanted to do it to a =
Scirocco, but=20
have always kinda felt that it would look out of place and that it =
really only=20
belongs on those American muscle cars. I'm normally pretty =
particular=20
about trying to staying true to the secular design trends of each type =
of=20
car...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A not-so-good example would be like =
putting a=20
type R sticker on a roc - it's just something you don't =
do...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What's everyone's take?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>JT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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