'69 Chevelle "side stripe": RPO & offic. name?

[mockingbird812]

At work - need info not available to me now. What is the official nomenclature for the "side stripe" option on the Chevelles and what was the RPO code?

Thanks,

[ORIGLS6]

All I've found is; <span style="font-weight: bold">Z29 Vinyl Stripe</span>. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[PeteLeathersac]

Wasn't the side stripes RPO # D96?.

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~ Pete

[ORIGLS6]

From the Chevelle Site.

&quot;D96 Wide Paint Stripes, * '67+ refer's to body side accent stripe &quot;

Entirely possible.

Dan Vasic, where are you?

[mockingbird812]

Not sure I understand &quot;Wide Paint Stripes&quot; Its a vinyl material, not paint?

Thanks for input fellas. Body side accent stripe sounds logical. Anyone else? RPO?

[Postsedan]

Sam,

RPO D96 1969 Chevelle accent stripe.....correct,Vinyl Material, not paint.

Dan

[Keith Tedford]

The '69 D96 side stripe was vinyl. We bought our one car new and during shipping, the driver front fender got a scrape right on the stripe. A new one was ordered and the old stripe was replaced.

[mockingbird812]

Thanks Keith/Dan!

[Woj]

Sam,

Wish I was home, have several build sheet photos there. I'm fairly certain my 69 Malibu had an RPO for the &quot;side tape moulding&quot;, but can't be sure without seeing it.

The reason I bring up the Malibu is that I know it had the thin painted on side stripe; earlier there was mention of &quot;wide stripe&quot;. A gent at a recent car cruise-in showed me original pictures of his 69 Chevelle SS, it was burgundy in color and had a thin red stripe similar to the ones that 69 Malibus had. He bought the car new from the Chevy dealership he worked at. I had always thought the SS only got the wide stripe, but could be wrong.

Hope this doesn't confuse the issue.

Phil Woj

[Don_Lightfoot]

I can save you a little time here Phil. Just checked that Malibu buildsheet you sent me a while back and it shows &quot;BX4 - SIDE TAPE MLDG&quot;.

Hope this helps.