Pete Brock GT350 HEP Stripe Re-Design

[Pparana]

Omg a notebook on your car! Lol

obviously ppl here have not seen the factory paint, comes with runs drips.and gravel pre installed.

FYI if your doing the sides the whole car will have to be painted in one form or another, So the whole car has to get sanded. This is like being mad at a carpenter for drawing a line on the wood to cut.

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[CD3]

Well....if there is one person on the planet to do it Shelby style it’s Pete Brock. Aside from all of his work with Shelby on the GT350, 500, Dayton, Comp. Coupe, GT40 I don’t think a lot of ppl know he had an hand in the C2 Corvette working along side Bill Mitchell

Like it . This is what I did

 

[GT 550]

Can this thread please be just about the amazing thing unfolding here that we're lucky to have had shared with us?

@slingblade hey Troy that's awesome, closer than most of us ever get to somewhat of a Holy Grail moment and the significance obviously isn't lost on you. Enjoy!

 

[DrumReaper]

Omg a notebook on your car! Lol

obviously ppl here have not seen the factory paint, comes with runs drips.and gravel pre installed.

FYI if your doing the sides the whole car will have to be painted in one form or another, So the whole car has to get sanded. This is like being mad at a carpenter for drawing a line on the wood to cut.

lol. Yeah... and obviously the Pc police are out in full force.

I find this To be strong R&D and I’m very sure the clear is ok.

Having Brock work on my car would be a dream. Thanks for keeping us updated slingblade.

 

[AdamIsAdam]

DARN IT! Every time I see an email notification about this thread I can't click on it fast enough in hopes of seeing more pics of the wider stripes!

 

[CD3]

Like it . This is what I did

Wish I would have seen Pete’s first. I may redo what I have done

 

[slingblade]

Talked to the guys at VIP today. Car is very much in prep stage. Expect paint to start going on later next week. Should have some pictures by then.

 

[460Fred]

Since he had so much to do with Cobras it’s only natural I get him the 20mm gun off an AH-1 Cobra. Basically the three barrel assembly circled here.
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[AdamIsAdam]

Interesting mention of Pete Brock in this article and where the stripes actually came from, and how he brought them to Shelby.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/review... -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

 

[ARMRER]

Interesting mention of Pete Brock in this article and where the stripes actually came from, and how he brought them to Shelby.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/a35267392/the-shelby-gt350r-earned-its-stripes/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=012621&utm_campaign=nl22723144&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

I thought you might want to see Pete's '46 Ford with '54 Cad engine mated to a '37 La Salle trans. Way ahead of the curve (so to speak) even back then!

 

[Wildcardfox]

I thought you might want to see Pete's '46 Ford with '54 Cad engine mated to a '37 La Salle trans. Way ahead of the curve (so to speak) even back then!

That was inspired by Briggs Cunningham. When i first interviewed Brock about the shelby stripes for Hot Rod Magazine, he said that he loved Cunningham and watched him race. He even painted his high school car with the same stripes as Cunningham’s racer to mimic his hero. But the rally stripes were almost unknown to the greater public back then, until the GT350. I remember him laughing when he said that Ford originally didn’t like the idea when they were looking for modifications that would make the car more race inspired. Ford thought “nobody would like to have a car that looked like a sunk”, but the stripes were cheaper than the body modifications that Brock had in mind and so Ford choose the stripes. Inspired by Cunningham’s racers, Brock had brought the rally stripes to a production car and the rest is history. You can’t take a drive nowadays without seeing some car whether it is a Ford, Dodge, Chevy or other make that has rally stripes running down its spine.

 

[ARMRER]

You're right, Pete really did make history with those stripes, among his other graphic design work for SA. We haven't even touched on his car design skill. One of the best multi-role designers, ever.

I attended one of his lectures at Art Center in '89 or '90. The length and impact of his career knocked me flat. I wasn't alone in that opinion.

I hope the OP kisses his car nightly : D

 

[Wildcardfox]

You're right, Pete really did make history with those stripes, among his other graphic design work for SA. We haven't even touched on his car design skill. One of the best multi-role designers, ever.

I attended one of his lectures at Art Center in '89 or '90. The length and impact of his career knocked me flat. I wasn't alone in that opinion.

I hope the OP kisses his car nightly : D

Spoke to Peter. That was his high school car and he named it “the Fordillac”.

 

[ARMRER]

Spoke to Peter. That was his high school car and he named it “the Fordillac”.

OK, good thing he didn't work for Marketing : D

 

[Wildcardfox]

OK, good thing he didn't work for Marketing : D

Lol. too be fair our cars are named 350 because it was three-hundred
and fifty steps between the two shops at Shelby’s LAX facility. Shelby American wasn’t big about names, they were all about Performance.

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