D90 Stripe 1969 Camaro

[69VN]

I have kind of an odd ball question that I've been curious about for years. When
the designers at Chevrolet decided it was a good idea to just paint the fenders and
then follow up with putting a decal on the doors... why not just paint the rest of the
stripe on the doors??? Anyone know why it was never done this way?
Thanks,
Sal

[Lee Stewart]

IMHO . . . it was done that way to save time on the production line.

[R68GTO]

Save time and guarantee alignment of the stripe since it was applied in two different areas. I say guarantee as long as the person applying the decal did a good job

[William]

Any spray-painted striping that was applied after front sheet metal installation had to be performed in the in-line repair booth. Z10s, Z11s and Z/28s were processed that way and had to be released to final assembly so as not to over-schedule the booth. Almost 25% of '69 Camaro production received the D90 striping, adding significant burden to the area. Much faster and cheaper to apply a decal.

BTW, the DX1 stripe was finished in the same fashion-hood portion was the same decal used for D90.

http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml