started my 1965 Barracuda today....

Ooh barracuda, I have a question.
Of the two front end shots of your car (one w/ the MA state license plate, the other w/ the Plymouth plate) the gold stripe is different; in one shot it goes the length of the front of the hood and in the other shots it ends at the "plymouth" emblem/hood release.
Was the stripe modified or was the hood repainted?

On my car when I had the stripe painted on I neglected to tell the painter to stop the stripe at the emblem, which is how they originally appeared from the factory. So, he painted to the edge of the hood. That was one of the key indicators of my old '65 and one of the few things I got wrong during the restoration process.