Tape stripes

[James Morse]

Seems like the tape/stripe code CJRAK is silver/blue/silver. Ford says it "looks like" that. And if you look at the red trucks in the '97 brochure, they have that combination (of the 3 possible).

I don't know if I'd want to put the stripes back, they are kind of cool but seems like you'd want to do all your glazing first. You could always take them off if you decided you didn't like them.
I seriously doubt I'd ever find oem stripes. You'd have to look at the pics of them and reconstruct them. This I could do and I have a cutter, you could make them from thin vinyl, that's probably what pinstripes are made of. The trick would be to get the 3 of them to line up just right which if you had the oem they would be of a piece, I'm sure. Probably you'd want to line them up on transfer paper first then apply them that would give the best result because you'd be able to finesse things as to the lineup much more easily on transfer paper vs lining them up as you are applying them separately.

On the cover of this brochure you can see the stripes.

Has anyone ever done this?

 

[Roert42]

In stripes on cars are usually vinyl or can be painted on.

You can get aftermarket pinstripe tape on a roll and apply at home. Typically done by hand/ by eye.

There are people that do it professionally. Either with the tape or paint.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yup, vinyl is the most common, and there are varieties, you can get a roll of like one thick and one thin stripe already pre-spaced on the roll, or two thin or whatever. The hand painted stuff is really nice, but probably not at all cheap. Biggest thing is trying to keep any of them perfectly straight. If I did the vinyl, I’d probably run the whole stripe, right over fender, door and bed gaps, then go back and cut it where it runs over a gap and roll it around the edges, just to make sure it all stays lined up

 

[Roert42]

We apply vinyl stripes to some of the machines we build, typically thicker then auto pin stripping though.

That's how we do it. Put some pencil marks down the side of the machine so you can use them for a point of reference to make sure your stripes are all at the same height, run your stripes all the way down, then cut out any gaps or holes in the panel.

 

[James Morse]

Yes there's at least one decent vid to show which is as you described for the install.
Paint would be if you are totally sure you want that.... more durable, but not removable (not easily anyway).
Yes I've seen some multi-stipes so it would be a matter of finding the right combination of colors/widths.
I think I'd be able to do a decent job putting them on. Not sure if it's what I want to do, the clean look is good, too.
Thanks.

 

[sgtsandman]

Grease pencil or chalk might be the way to go for marking and keeping everything straight. Much easier to clean up after the work is done.