1980's Pinstripes and decals - Inspiration required. (2 Viewers)

[archie73]

I’m sticking with the stock beige on mine, when I paint it. The wife wants something “else.” I’m stead fast on this, so she keeps “suggesting”. Then the other night she mentioned some sort of striping, then this thread pops up with this pic:

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This idea I like, perhaps I can meet her on the middle. So I don’t know anything about paint: what does this entail? Presumably these were put on after paint, but could I apply it before the clear? Are they readily available or is each decal custom?

 

[DRYHEAT]

Apparently they did this in 1979 during the gas crunch to catch someone’s eye. I guess it worked, my uncle bought it new in 79.

 

[Pauciflora]

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G'day Roadstr6, Thanks mate. The close up pic is a gem - orange and yellow might be the way to go. Cheers, Ben

 

[lowenbrau]

This probably happened to my ‘66 in the 80s

 

[77mustard40]

Original thin pinstripes, must have been a dealer add on

 

[cbmontgo]

My 1983 originally had pinstripes too. Looking forward to following this thread.
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Finally re-striped mine a few months ago. This is a similar setup to what you describe.

 

[Godzirra]

Finally re-striped mine a few months ago. This is a similar setup to what you describe.
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Did you stripe that yourself? I have a similar colored 40 and have been thinking of doing the same color stripes on mine.

 

[Ryan842]

Not sure if factory or not

 

[cbmontgo]

Did you stripe that yourself? I have a similar colored 40 and have been thinking of doing the same color stripes on mine.

I did. Wasn’t too difficult, surprisingly.

 

[Godzirra]

I did. Wasn’t too difficult, surprisingly.

Thanks for the info. It looks fantastic. I've found some striping material, so I think I will try it pretty soon.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

Here's an '82 I painted my rendition of SR5 stripes on the hood and side panels. It turned out pretty good IMO. Truck has unfortunately been sold.

 

[rghouse]

What a radical thread. This beast popped up on my google today. Got me pinin’ for retro graphics again. Never seen this color striping before, but looks pretty sweet. Then again anything would on
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[plink01]

When I was still searching for my bj i seriously considered buying this one for a bit. I love it, I'm probably gonna try and replicate it on mine at some stage.

 

[Brian/99uzj100]

My troopy...gotta love the 1980’s

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That...is...SWEEEEET!

 

[woodcoxrox]

2/1979 fj40. Original Trim-line stripes

 

[oakweb]

 

[rghouse]

my bro just shot me this pic. Gotta b a mudder. Beautiful rig and killer stripe. Simple but retro, fits the 40, and the way it runs onto the hood with the "4x4" section. would love some info/history on the stripe if its yours...

 

[BreckenridgeCruiser]

This is my OEM decal set on my JDM BJ44... I am going to be painting it and fixing the rust but I want to add back the decal but in an yellow to orange to red scheme instead of the maroon to gray that this was originally...

I think the detail on these was pretty awesome as it three different widths and a thin knockout line between colors....

 

[bhsdriller]

Mine are more subtle but love the look

 

[Geezer Cruzzer]

Here is a picture of Miss Scarlet that the OP's daughter sent me. She is a 1982 and the photograph was probably taken a few years after he bought it.

Here is a picture of our 1978 purchased new. We really liked the stripe job.