The Cunningham tradition was quickly adopted on other racing cars of the 1950s and 1960s, which also began to have racing stripes applied to their paintwork. It had the effect of giving the cars a distinctive appearance on the track and made them easier to identify for spectators and commentators. In some cases, the stripes were applied asymmetrically and were used to identify on which side of the race car the driver was situated. Applying similar stripes to street cars is thought to give them the appearance of these racing cars, and by association, that the cars themselves had been modified for extra speed, whether or not they really had been. It can be seen as a mild form of car customization. At times the tradition fades and is revived again. So that is how the trend for off set stripes got started. I never knew that. Jim