Hood Stripe
Tim,
You are not alone. I think I may be the only cougar owner ever to get the stripe to go on first try. I have heard horror stories about people using 2,3,4 sets before getting them on right. "Cougar Bill" emailed me very clear instructions ricght down to the numbers of beers required to get it right. I wish I had kept the instructions because when I finish the 428 swap, I'll need to apply a new decal. The key to getting it to go on is to start at the front, and keep wetting and drying the part that goes over the compound curves. The repeated wetting and drying causes the vinyl to eventually shrink to fit the curves. It is not easy, but it works.
Mark,
The car that I saw that had the original 351 stripe, and it did not seem to go as far up the hood towards the windshield as the one on your SS. That is why it seemed to look a little funny. Was the stripe kit on your car an original stripe? The aftermarket stripe kits vary from vendor to vendor. The 351 kit I got from Mustangs Unlimited is different than the ones from Kevin Marti or Johns. However the MU stripe has a cut out where you place either the 351 or 428 numbers. So if you used that kit, you could apply the stripe and then just find 4 6 0 numbers to put in
place of the 351 or 428.
Paul G.
69 XR7 Convertible