mfg Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 The diagonal stripes Raymond Loewy had painted on the doors of his '76 Avanti ll is known as a ...........................? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) abomination? Seriously, I don't remember seeing a picture of Raymond's Avanti II with diagonal stripes on the doors. Can you post an image? Edited January 14, 2018 by r1lark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 How about hash marks or hash tags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 13 minutes ago, studegary said: How about hash marks or hash tags? Nope, not has marks or hash tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 hour ago, r1lark said: abomination? Seriously, I don't remember seeing a picture of Raymond's Avanti II with diagonal stripes on the doors. Can you post an image? Very clear view of this treatment on the cover of AOAI Magazine # 153, but any photo of this Avanti ll will show these stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Chevron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Here is the cover of AOAI #153. Interestingly, it looks like the stripe goes in a different direction than the photo Brad posted. Is the cover of the AOAI mag an optical delusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 The one on the Avanti magazine also appears to be narrower and extends down onto the rocker panel (as compared to the one that Brad posted). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Uh...oh...looks like a new paint job is in order to be correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Any more guesses as to what this style stripe is called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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