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Great! We should be close to being able to move ahead with the order.

I have not heard from a couple of you in this thread that said you were interested in moving forward on ordering the Black Pearl stripe kit. We plan to do the order in the next 7 days so if you are interested please let me know. Mark mrkedmu@hotmail.com

The price for the complete Black Pearl stripe kit will be $395 plus shipping. If you are interested please contact me at mrkedmu@hotmail.com and I will send the contact information for you to order directly. As of now I have the people noted that have responded in this thread plus a couple of others. In over a year of searching this is the only person I know that can supply the stripes. Last time they did an order was over 7 years ago so if you are thinking about it at all now is the time. Mark

Quick update. We will have the quote for the Black Pearl stripe kit after the first of the year. The decal shop moved locations and has been swamped so they said they will get back to Michelle after the first of Jan. Once we have the quote and assuming all 5 people are still interested I will need your e-mail address and will put you in contact with Michelle directly. Mark 727-580-0433 mrkedmu@hotmail.com

Great, I heard back from Michelle a little over a week ago and she is going to get back to me once she talks to the company that last produced the stripes about 6-7 years ago. I will post a price as soon as she gets back to me.

Quick update on the Black Pearl stripes. I have 4 people (2 here and one from another web site, plus my order) that want to order the Black Pearl stripes but at this point I have not heard back from the people that do the stripes if they will move forward with a smaller order like 5 or so. A little frustrating. Carl, you are correct it is Jesse and Michelle that used to live in Tampa but now live in Georgia. I do not have a quote on the cost as it will be somewhat dependent on how many orders and mainly because I have not heard back from them. I have attached a video from You Tube of a restored Black Pearl. I spoke to the owner of this Z and he was the one that put me in touch with Michelle. Having bought my Black Pearl brand new in 1978, these stripes are spot on. If you are thinking or restoring a Black Pearl or need a back up set of the stripe set please let me know. Mark 727-580-0433

Yes, originally they wanted 10 orders, I asked if I got 5 orders would they give me a price and he said yes. My understanding is that the work setting them up with company that cuts the stripes makes it too much to only do an order or two. There is also a decent amount of waste in making the stripes. Anyway, this is all I could get them to agree to after almost a year of trying. So right now we have 4 orders maybe if Jordan orders two. I have also gone on the Connecticut Z Club site and posted a notice if anybody is looking for Black Pearl stripes to let me know. If you know of any other Z sites please place a post or let me know and I will place one. Thanks---Mark 727-580-0433

Ok great, that gives us 3 if you decide to order two. I have posted some notices on other sites as well. I have not heard from the orginal post from bsendigar but he posted back in March.

Not sure if you have had any luck but I found someone who has the original black pearl patterns software and instructions. I need more people to want to order kits before they would make them. I think they might do it with 5 orders. Let me know if you still are looking. Mark

I have spoken to a person who has the original patterns for the Black Pearl striping. They used to live in Florida but now reside in Georgia. I am looking to re-stripe my '78 Black Pearl and they said they prefer to have 10 people that want kits before they do any. I think they may consider 5 people or so but they would need to check on the price. They have original installation instructions, etc. If you are interested please give me a shout and perhaps we can garner enough interest to move forward with the midnight stripe kits. Mark