Topic: 79 Indy pace car in white with added roof stripel

[Chumbrother]

My only facts are the car was bought from the ford dealership in the white color ,considering the time is took to hide the pewter, I've seen worst paint jobs, but my questions are what mustang in that era used a roof stripe, that's outlined in the red and orange colors like the pace car was.  Not a big deal just trying to find out, the title doesn't state color back then..  Thanks for all the replies, I greatly appreciate it.!!!

[BobV]

No Mustang of that era had that roof stripe.
It was a custom job - most likely done by whomever changed the paint color from the "1E" Pewter Poly indicated on the door tag to white. While the title may not indicate color - the door tag pictured does.

[C5ZZ]

Does the door tag match the dash VIN and the title?
The door tag is a Pace car VIN and you can easily see
the pewter paint.
No telling when or why it was painted white after it left the factory.

[GT500KR]

The "Mystery" is pretty much solved just by opening the hood on this one. And the paint around the data plate.....

[79mustangcobra]

Yes there is pewter paint under the white, Marti report shows it to be a cobra pace car sold here in ga, but built ,4 days behind scheduled.

Thanks for the pictures