Help with 69 camaro SS L78

**SamLBInj** · #1 07-13-2005, 08:07 AM

Thanks, Ive been staring at them thinking the same thing...I think I may pass on this car at this point, just too many small and maybe bigger issues...
Sam

**SamLBInj** · #2 07-13-2005, 08:21 AM

here is a restored one
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...ail/id/2213052
Heres an original fatter one?
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...ail/id/2213220
What is correct for these stripes?

**SamLBInj** · #3 07-13-2005, 08:29 AM

Snikeys, look at this one..
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/221407

camarojoe · #4 07-13-2005, 08:32 AM

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Snikeys, look at this one..
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/221407

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That one has a "way too fat" stripe on it too...personally, i like the fathom green one the best of the 4 you have posted thusfar...just need to ditch the polyglases for a set of wide treads and you'd be in business...

**SamLBInj** · #5 07-13-2005, 09:01 AM

Heres another huge one, somebody must be selling these kits.
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...ail/id/2210790

**SamLBInj** · #6 07-13-2005, 09:04 AM

I personally would rather have the car without the hockey stick stripes..much cleaner look..

camarojoe · #7 07-13-2005, 09:24 AM

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Heres another huge one, somebody must be selling these kits.
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...ail/id/2210790

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"Fat and Sassy" painted-on hockey stick stripes mated with the unpainted "out of the box" grill, that car incorporates 2 of my personal pet peeves commonly seen on "restored" cars... Have these people never seen another 69 Camaro before restoring theirs? Did they forget what it looked like before they took it apart?

nrjulin · #8 08-03-2005, 11:24 PM

Here is a picture of my 69 SS L78 with the red hockeystick stripes

**SamLBInj** · #9 08-04-2005, 01:06 AM

Nice car

camarojoe · #10 07-13-2005, 08:30 AM

Both cars you linked appear correct... As does the blue car in the above post... Black stripes have a tendency to appear "thinner" than white, its an optical illusion because the white is bolder against the body color. Compare any of those 3 cars against the orange one inthe first post and you should easily be able to see the difference... the orange one has a WAY thick stripe. Btw...Original stripes are painted on the fender, and a decal on the door... this was due to the body being painted separately from the front end.

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