[Harvey]

Are the original pin stripes on my 68 XR7 Paint or tape?

 

[cougarrand]

All Cougars are Painted on.

 

[Harvey]

Thanks, So I rekon to have the car painted I will need to find someone who does pin stripes too! That may be harder than finding a good painter.

 

[c7xr7]

Not really, ask your local Hot Rod club, they all know someone who can lay a good pinstripe. Painters in the business also usually know someone.

Thanks, So I rekon to have the car painted I will need to find someone who does pin stripes too! That may be harder than finding a good painter.

 

[94 Mustang GT]

For my '68 XR7, I recently used F-17 from www.finessepinstriping.com 3/32"x1/8"x3/32". I took my time doing it myself and I'm very happy with the results.

 

[Scott Gregory]

I just ordered from Finesse as well, but I special ordered 3/32" x 3/16" x 3/32" which is very close to most of the original 68 stipes. They said it will ship out in a couple of days. They made be purchase 160 feet in a single roll of the stencil (enough to do four cars unless you waste a lot) instead of the 40' you really need to do one car. When I'm done I will be offering my leftover roll at a discount if someone is interested. Cost for 160' was $26.99 plus shipping.

 

[Harvey]

These are stencils you are talking about? With those pretty much anyone could paint the stripes right?

 

[Scott Gregory]

Yes, these we are talking about stencils. The hard part will be laying them out, after that its just paint between the lines with a brush.

 

[94 Mustang GT]

With the body line, it wasn't too hard to lay the stencil tapes straight, just stretch it a little, starting from the front all the way back without stopping. The curve under the roof pillar went ok as well, as long as you stretch the tape and work with your finger and thumb. Instructions from Finesse helped. I taped 1/16" gaps at the fender seams and doors. Used my '68 Cougar sales brouchure as a guide. I guess I should have asked for the special size, but I'm still happy with the result.
Dave

 

[Scott Gregory]

In all reality as long as your happy thats all the matters. After all it is your car and you have no one else to please .... well except for the wife or significant other and most likely all they care about is that it is NOT parked in their side of the garage. I hear that complaint all the time, but when I remind her it is worth more than her Explorer, she kind of settles down, but only somewhat as I'm the one that cleans the snow off her car before she goes to work. I guess its a small price to pay.

 

[94 Mustang GT]

Too funny! I'm by myself; no wife or significant other, not necessarily a good thing . Early Cougars are so rare where I am that nobody will know the difference about the gap between the two stripes. I guess I can be somewhat fussy, but not THAT much of a perfectionist!

Dave

 

[mmmeat]

Go to your local Harley shop and ask who does custom pinstripes, Harvey. You want a guy that is a freehand artist. It's a snap to the right guy..

250.00 tops

 

[67BlueXR7]

Too funny! I'm by myself; no wife or significant other, not necessarily a good thing . Early Cougars are so rare where I am that nobody will know the difference about the gap between the two stripes. I guess I can be somewhat fussy, but not THAT much of a perfectionist!

Dave

Don't forget about the 67 XR7 lurking near you

 

[Scott Gregory]

I finally found the time to get the pinstripes hand painted on my G car last weekend and wanted to post the results obtained by using the stencils I mentioned in the posts above.

We did our best to replicate the crudeness of the original factory hand painted results. it only took 2 1/2 hours start to finish. As far as I can tell they look pretty close to the original stripes posted some time ago by CougarCJ in the post at: http://www.mercurycougar.net/forums/showthread.php?52361-Original-Pin-Stripe-Specifications-Lets-brainstorm&highlight=pin+stripes+1968 .

Below are a few photos of the results. I still have enough stencil tape left over to do at least 2 cars if anyone is interested. I will sell the extra stencil tape I have for $20.00 and will include free shipping anywhere in the U.S. If interested send me a PM.

 

[jcbingcougar]

That looks great!

 

[Royce Peterson]

Scott that is a really nice job!

 

[Scott Gregory]

Thanks guys for the kind words. I actually thought before opening and reading Royce's reply that maybe I did something wrong. I thought it came out ok as well. No more stick-on stipes for me in the future on any of my projects, I could not believe how easy the process was.

 

[Scott Gregory]

Just letting everyone know the stenci tape I had for sale has been spoken for and is no longer available.

Thanks!

 

[68PUMA]

Scott, where can someone purchase stencil tape? Thanks, and I agree also that's a nice job. John

 

[390XR7]

http://www.finessepinstriping.com/

here is the link Scott posted earlier