GT stripe color on Red Fastback

Bramick_old · July 10, 2009 at 7:14 PM

As I've already figured out my car isn't a true GT because it's a March 65 k car. I have a white GT stripe, but I'm noting a lot of red cars with a black stripe. Which is more correct?

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Edited by - Bramick on 07/10/2009 19:14:43

jwc66k · July 10, 2009 at 11:19 PM

A red 65 Mustang GT could have either white GT stripes or black. The stripe's color depended on the interior color. Your black interior car should have black stripes.

Jim

cobraboy · July 11, 2009 at 2:42 AM

I have red interior with a black stripe, was that correct?

6hypo5conv_old · July 11, 2009 at 6:02 AM

What makes you so sure that your Kar is not a factory GT? I believe that there have been a few documented that were built in February of 1965, I know that the magic April 17 date (one year after the first introduction of the Mustang in 1964) is when Ford officially introduced the "Pony" interior and the GT package but again there are many legitimate factory built GTs built before that.

I agree with the stripe color issue-to match it to the interior, however I went with a RED stripe on mine as my Kar is tripple Black and I don't think a Black stripe would have shown up very well.

cobraboy · July 11, 2009 at 7:45 AM

I agree with the stripe color issue-to match it to the interior, [/quote]

Red stripe on a red car with a red interior ? I dont think so

jwc66k · July 11, 2009 at 11:05 AM

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Red stripe on a red car with a red interior ? I dont think so

Ford wasn't that screwed up. Black strips were not offered on black cars, red stripes were not offered on red cars, etc. As to a black on black combination, I think the stripe color would have been red but it turns out to have been white. A red on red combination would have been black for candyapple red and white for signalflare red. My silver blue "K" GT has a blue/white Pony interior and white stripes. White was the only stripe color offered even with a black interior. My white 65 GT with black interior has black stripes, my white 66 GT with red interior has red stripes. What a dealer did, or what a owner did, or how a car was 'restored' after 43 plus years is another story.

Jim

Bramick_old · July 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM

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What makes you so sure that your Kar is not a factory GT? I believe that there have been a few documented that were built in February of 1965, I know that the magic April 17 date (one year after the first introduction of the Mustang in 1964) is when Ford officially introduced the "Pony" interior and the GT package but again there are many legitimate factory built GTs built before that.

I agree with the stripe color issue-to match it to the interior, however I went with a RED stripe on mine as my Kar is tripple Black and I don't think a Black stripe would have shown up very well.

According to the series of VIN #s right around my car it's actually a Jan car. The door plate is incorrect. Plus see the location of the exhaust brackets. They aren't in the correct location for a factory GT: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bramick…57604422139176/ And so does the steering box: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bramick…57604422139176/

Good thing is that it originally had the Arvinode exhaust, so that's on my to-do list.

Looks like changing the car to a black stripe is on the list too.

toolbox · July 12, 2009 at 6:01 AM

Just an opinion, but I think black stripes look better on the darker reds (like Rangoon), and for the lighter, more orangey reds (like Poppy) the white stripes look better.

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