The History of Pinstriping

Hand painted pinstripes have been part of cars, since before the horseless carriage became horseless. Back in the day carriages had accent stripes around the edges of the panels, a contrasting color stripe applied along the edge of the wooden wheel, and a long thing strip on each spoke. Stage coaches, being the shuttle bus of their day, were larger with more panels to paint, and often were also lettered with the name of the stage line as a promotional tool.