[mike brown]

got this reply from DjD on my post about here - Topic: 69 ss rocker panel black out? (with pic?) "you have the L6 (6 cyl) hockey stripes (solid paint through the 396 emblem's). When the previous owner had mine painted they used a kit and shot them not knowing the supplier sent them the wrong ones..." i looked at other pics of ss's and see that most of them do have a break in the stripe where the 396 is. i looked at npd under the stripe and stencil section and saw no option for 2 different hockey stick stripes. i'm just wondering if the guy who painted the car (Ray Charles - not to handy with a spray gun, but boy he sure could sing) screwed up and if there really are 2 different stripes (in which case he still screwed up). i bought the car already painted with numerous defects, but wet sanding the clear coat and a friend very handy with a buffer turned a 20 foot car into a 5 foot car. please call attention to any other things that or wrong (i know the rocker panel should be black, but with the white stripe i sort of like it better all orange). see pic by clicking on my signature or other rocker panel post for more details. thanks!!!


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[mccorry]

Same stripe...just have to trim around engine numbers for SS models. The stripe is supposed to be broken on SS350 and SS396 cars.

Per the 1969 Assmembly manual - D90 "stripe to be continuous when used with L-6 engine".

With an SS, it was to be broken 0.30" above and 0.27" below the side marker opening in the fender.

[Chris396]

I'm thinking about having mine repainted before this spring. Thanks for reminding me about the stripes. Your car still good great.

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'69 RS SS L78 convertible, M22, 3.31 posi, deluxe interior, gauges, rosewood wheel, AM-FM,fold down seat, SS wheels