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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
I never understood why Olds had two different "442" badge locations on the front fenders: one for the Rallye Stripe option and one without. Why add the extra cost? This car has the stripe but it's not the correct fender. 442 below is correct .
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My guess?
When the emblem was placed originally (without the stripe) the location was optimized visually for the area it occupied.
They probably started in that location when they added the stripe but realized it did not look right in relation to the "dogleg" portion of the fender (too far forward).
Styling moved the stripe rearward to center it in the area between the wheel opening and the door cut line, at the rocker, dragging the emblem with it.
If the holes were punched at the final assembly location then it's not like it doubled the number of fender part numbers required.
Pure speculation, of course, but many weird decisions can be based on "it's beautiful, and we love it".
K