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Old 03-07-2014, 03:07 PM
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"I think Shelby striped most of his Cobras raced by his team using his team colors. Cobras raced by other teams were probably a mixed bag."

Edit - I was wrong, wrong, wrong...

I finished reading the book "Go Like Hell" a few weeks ago and the Ford Lemans Campaign was fresh on my mind and most of Shelby's team cars were painted in team colors which included stripes. But, I'm currently reading John Morris' "Inside Shelby American" and as soon as I opened it up last night, I realized that was wrong, wrong, wrong. Most of the Shelby 289 Cobra team cars were solid colors with just meatballs. A couple had oddball stripes like campaign stripes across the front.
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