Marlin, every original striped deuce I have seen has the stripe going down a 1/2 inch into the nova emblem on the front fender. My old orange deuce, Kens yellow, and my old blue deuce were all the same. All were/are original unrestored cars. Can't imagine why they would do it that way because they had to cut around the nova emblem. It does make a difference on the angle. Maybe these cars are the same because they were done at hurst by adults?