Showing posts with label racing decals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racing decals. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Friday, April 05, 2019
1st Hot Rod Drags Stroker water-transfer decal (Thanks Doug!)
Original water-transfer decal for 1st annual HRM Championship Drags at Riverside International Raceway in 1964. Whimsical cartoon has Stroker straddling a blown Hemi, lance in hand!
http://www.strokerbymedley.com/product/red-black-photo-13
Thursday, July 05, 2018
the 1974 Z-28... stripes I've never seen before
The Z28 package for 1974 included a 350ci L82 small-block V-8 that was rated at 245 net horsepower. This was clearly a performance-oriented engine, with four-bolt mains, a forged steel crank, impact-extruded aluminum pistons, and heat-treated and shotpeened rods.
The cast-iron cylinder heads were home to 2.02-inch intake and 1.60-inch exhaust valves, and 76cc combustion chambers. The hydraulic-lifter camshaft featured 0.450/0.460 lift (intake/exhaust) and 346/360 duration (i/e). A dual-snorkel air cleaner sat atop the motor, while a real dual exhaust system got rid of spent combustion gases.
The Z28 package also included special sport suspension; 15×7 five-spoke-style wheels, F60-15 bias-belted, white-letter tires; a heavy-duty starter; increased cooling; power brakes; a Positraction rear axle; and dual sport mirrors.
But most importantly, the 1974 Z28 featured the optional D88 sport stripes, nearly the biggest graphics ever applied to any muscle car, pony car, or big car. Those D88 stripes announced that this car was no ordinary Camaro, but rather the mighty Z28.
I believe the 72 Charger Super Bee had a larger decal, if not the 1970 Charger 440 decals were,and so were the billboard (hence the name) decals on Cudas and Challengers http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/pink-mopars-only-pink-musclecar.html
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/unrestored-original-1974-chevrolet-camaro-z28-proof-performance-didnt-die-early-1970s/
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/muscle-car-review/20180701/281535111651494
Sunday, May 18, 2014
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Fittipaldi Racing's GT40
this photo shows how they mounted and braced the chin spoiler for speeds around 200 mph
Old cool decal for Bardahl oil, and they wreck the photo with the new sticker for some watch you aren't going to by or want to see a sticker of on a cool race car
Right hand drive helmet bulge for racing
the racing stripes make it's ass look big... or maybe its the mammoth meats. Dam that is a lot of rubber
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Pink Mopars... the only pink musclecar? Probably. Yes, I know that Chrysler called the colors nice names, like Panther Pink, and Moulin Rouge. FM3 was the paint code, but pink never seemed wrong on these beasts
I don't recall ever hearing about a factory pink color on Chevy or Ford musclecars... but then, they always were more conservative, and Mopar was slightly more outgoing to get buyers to switch from the Mustangs and Camaros and Corvettes
1971 Barracuda, the coolest accessorized body for Mopars in my opinion. The shark gills, the shaker hoods (normally), that great grill, the driving lamps under the bumper, hood pins, and the billboard engine size call out. Wow, it got all the cool stuff
I was wrong when I called the 340 Wedge hood decal the best and biggest factory engine size call out. I forgot about this, the 1970 Charger hood cove decals. These are real uncommon to see, I have no idea how few were ever sold on cars from Mopar, vs how many have them installed by eager owners... but wow, impressive and bold
Chargers has the flip top cap on the drivers side, and Challengers on the passenger side. I don't know why.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Hockey stripes and billboards... only Mopar and muscle car people know what that means, for anyone who wonders - here are the two coolest decal themes used in muscle cars to show off the engine size
The above is fuzzy, it isn't your eyes or computer. Sorry about that
Though not either, this AAR (Dan Gurney All American Racer) decal fits here nicely, and was technically the strobe stripe I believe
If you love Mopars, these are nothing new, but there are a lot of people that haven't seen as much of the variety of muscle cars as you and I. Some have seen another world of muscle cars, the south American variety, Australian, or the African varieties. Cool stuff that here in the USA we are totally unfamiliar with.
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