[68bird400HO]

Originally Posted by 165th

One interesting note is when the stripes are centered over the shaker opening, the distance from the front edge of hood to beginning of the stripe is 1 1/16". Brent's car is the same. The proof is fashioned this way, however, it is different than the assembly manual sketch which shows 7/8" from edge of hood to stripe.

I just recently put an S&S stripe kit on my 71 TA. I noticed the same thing about the hood stripe. The manual says .88 from the edge of the hood but when I centered the stripe over the shaker opening, I also ended up a little over 1" from the hood edge.

I am thinking that the manual instructions may not be perfect (no surprise) because I also followed them on the "Trans Am" script on the the back of the rear spoiler. It says .88" up from the crease of the filler panel. I followed that and now my "Trans Am" looks too high. The tops of the letter go into the curved area and start coming back out at you. I looked at a number of pictures, afterward unfortuneatly, including a few factory photos I could find and it seems like that entire script is lower and on the flat area of the back of the rear spoiler. I would be interested to get a measurement from your friends original car since it looks like I will be redoing that one.