vettefool

A friend of mine just had his 71 LT-1 painted. unfortunately he did not take a photo of the hood detail. can someone tell me where he can find proper information on the position and application of this? thanks

Gordonm

All the major vendors have stencil kits for the LT1 cars. They are also in the assembly manual. I had a stencil kit for mine. The painter put on the stripes then cleared over them. Looks great.

Rowdy Rat

The majority of the vendors, regardless of how it is packaged, get their "kits" from Stencils & Stripes Unlimited.

http://www.stencilsandstripes.com/

They do a very good job with the hood masks for the stripes in both styles (the majority of 1970 unequal width stripes as well as very late 1970-1972 equal width stripes) used on 1970-1972 production LT-1 Corvettes.

The stripes were applied at the factory in very much the same way... The base color was applied and was followed by the application of the hood mask. The stripes were sprayed on in either black or white depending upon the exterior color. There is a very good photo that appeared in a 1971 issue of Corvette News (the issue introducing the 1971 model) that shows the stripes being applied... Pretty neat stuff!

The kit they provide also contains a set of LT-1 pressure sensitive labels (also in two styles... early 1970 black/silver as well as late 1970-1972 black/white). These labels are passable, but personally, I'd try to track down a set of NOS pieces... Especially since the second style for your friend's 1971 are still pretty easy to come by.

The kits also used to contain a couple of photographs for reference, but I can't tell you if this practice has been continued since I last purchased a kit from them.

As far as locating the stripes on the hood, Gordon is right on the money. Buy an Assembly Instruction Manual (AIM)... The LT-1 stripes are documented pretty well in the RPO section towards the end of the manual.

Good luck!

Regards,


[Modified by Rowdy Rat, 8:04 AM 3/12/2004]

LT-1 Larry

If you want to have some real fun, I painstakingly made my own masks, painted the LT-1 letters on and then clear-coated over them. Probably way more work than it's worth, but hey, this is my baby and they'll always look great.

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