To stripe or not to stripe, that is the question

[stevie_a]

<font color="teal"><b>Ok here are some that I found just from Google Image</b></font id="teal">















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<font size="4"><font color="green"><i>If it's not broke don't fix it.</i></font id="green"></font id="size4">

[john]

i asked the same question two years ago

it ia a matter of presonal opinion but mine would be not too

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry


John

[stever_sl]

I'd stripe a 7 in a heartbeat if I could ever find a high-res picture so that I could match the "Southern Skies" special edition striping and logo that were put on a few cars in the southern US back in late 1976/early 1977. But I stupidly bought the regular unadorned car (didn't have any money) and I haven't seen one in over 30 years, apart from the few pix of one in a junkyard somewhere in North Carolina.

- Steve Richardson
St Louis MO

[busheytrader]

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My thoughts as well Jim.

Adam



TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, S/S Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & PolyBushes all round, Anti- Dive, Strut-Top Roller Bearings, Capri Vented Discs & Calipers, Braided Hoses, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AT 5 Spokes and Cruise Lights, S/S Heater Pipes, Replacement Fuel Tank. No Door Stickers. Mine since July 1986, V8 from 1991

[Steve-LPS-Thomas]

<b>The Southern Skies Edition lies somewhere with the 3rd Coke Car and the Sheafer Pen Car...</b>

<b>Group 44 and Victory Stripes...</b>



<b>A closer look at that Victory...</b>



<b>Steve</b>


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[Steve-LPS-Thomas]

<b>Or the much discussed Triton Green. This is a beautiful car but can you spot a mistake?</b>

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<b>Steve</b>

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[Beans]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by croydebay</i>

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Striping to high to start with ...
Front mud flaps [:p]

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<font color="blue"><i>1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)</font id="blue">
<b>[url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/"]<u><b><font size="2"><font color="red">My Weblog</font id="red"></font id="size2"></b></u>[/url]</b></i></center>

[silverseven]

kinda hard to beat the CDN market tr8 stripe for fuglyness......






Ron.

[Beans]

Looks very 70-ish though [:p]

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<font color="blue"><i>1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)</font id="blue">
<b>[url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/"]<u><b><font size="2"><font color="red">My Weblog</font id="red"></font id="size2"></b></u>[/url]</b></i></center>

[rjswain]

Stevie_a

Hey - that's my $20 car, the third one down with the win this car sign on the windshield.. I won it in a charity raffle last year. The hubcaps are gone and I replaced the tires but other than that have done little to the car. It works great.

I never liked the swage line of the TR7 and always thought it should be eliminated, or at least played down. Now that I own a car with the swage line accented with a stripe my opinion has changed completely. Except for a rally rep colour scheme the only stripe I would consider is the one along the swage line like on my car. My 2 cents worth - worth no more than that.

Rick Swain

[tr7dan]

I bought my car in 1982 when it was just 10 months old and it had been fitted with the body striping kit from new which I think was a dealer fitted Leyland 'accessory'. I just can't imagine my car without the stripes - they make the shape look sleeker and take the focus away from the swage line which I think detracts from the looks. Because I'm so used to seeing mine, if I see a Midas gold TR without the body stripes it looks 'bald' to me.

Some (not very good) pictures of my car awaiting some tlc to get it back on the road....









Dan




"I don't even like old cars. I mean they don't even interest me. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake."

[silverseven]

rjswain , our Canadian cars look quite similar .....





my old white FHC even came from your area too ......


[img][IMG]http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt193/silversevenron/my%20cars/lf7.jpg[/img][/img]

Ron.

[RUDDY]

My Java car has the same dealer fit stripes as Dans, I have some sections of new old stock stripe kit but may have to get a grafix company to replicate it as I would hope to put the stripe back on after paint.

Edit - Just checked Rimmers site and it says this stripe kit is available to order now

[Hoops]

Ruddy and TR7Dan, they are the stripes i want for my car, but in gold. No longer made in gold anymore [:(]

[RUDDY]

[quote]<i>Originally posted by Hoops</i>

Ruddy and TR7Dan, they are the stripes i want for my car, but in gold. No longer made in gold anymore [:(]


Rimmers list gold sets at about £90

<font color="red">Edit again .. called Rimmers, although Gold and Black stripes are listed as available to order they are in fact not stocked and no plans to have any re-made</font id="red"> [:(]