[DOC]

Amazing difference. Not only the stripe looks great but you did magic on your lawn and landscape as well......

[gto4door]

Originally Posted by DOC

Amazing difference. Not only the stripe looks great but you did magic on your lawn and landscape as well......

Lol....yeah, it is amazing how much light those stripes reflect to help get my lawn to grow like that.

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by DOC

Amazing difference. Not only the stripe looks great but you did magic on your lawn and landscape as well......

New street light as well.

[se428bandit]

What a improvement, I have always liked that stripe. A guy posted this pic on FB of his Moms '72 with the stripe on it. So was it only available on the GT Lemans with and without the T-41 front end?

['ol Pinion head]

Originally Posted by se428bandit

What a improvement, I have always liked that stripe. A guy posted this pic on FB of his Moms '72 with the stripe on it. [bSo was it only available on the GT Lemans with and without the T-41 front end?[/b]

For 1972 model A body's, there were several different factory applied stripes.

'72 Base LeMans 2 doors could order a D98 (body stripe) the following I continually ran across in the '80's when I preparing to reproduce the reflective "sword" style stripes, as well as all through the 90's hitting boneyards working swappers, attending regional & National POCI & GTOAA shows.

-when a dealer ordered D98 stripes on a '72 LeMans 2 door hardtop or convert, with the standard chrome front bumper, the car received one of the 4 different color 3M reflective "sword" style stripes.

-when a dealer ordered a standard chrome nose '72 LeMans with the WU2 (LeMans GT) option, the body stripes were reflective "sword" style stripes with GT decal on the the rh of rear trunk lid. Most such equipped chrome nose LeMans GT's had the GT cutout in the front of each fender stripe. Some such chrome nose '72 LeMans GT's had from day 1 front fender stripes with no GT cutout. There was no rhyme or reason to this, I have always assumed the assembly plant workers went to the non GT cutout style when they ran out of the GT cutout style. Will never know.

-when a dealer ordered a T41 endura nose on a '72 LeMans 2 door with the GT option, typically, the stripes would be the reflective "sword" style stripes. There were however numerous original '72 LeMans GT's built out of the Lakewood assembly plant that received the 9 stripe decals with the GT decal on the trunk lid. Totally original cars, I examined several such built factory endura nose built '72 LeMans GT's when I was running the GT-37 Survey & driving all over the country hitting boneyards. Each such equipped Lakewood LeMans GT had telltales of the GT option, one I even managed to find its original buildsheet.

-when a dealer ordered the GTO option on a '72 LeMans hardtop or Coupe, the available D98 stripe was the 9 stripe style that Ralph @ Stencils & Stripes first brought to market as a reproduction. 9 stripe type decals are also what I ran across in bone yards all over the Southwest & Plains on basic '72 T41 LeMans that were not equipped with the GT package.

-In the late 80's & early 90's when I was reproducing the reflective "sword" style stripes, I also received many inquiries from owners of original '72 endura nosed cars desiring the non reflective 9 stripe decals & they noted how their '72's were optioned.

-each factory color of '72 LeMans (or '71 1/2 GT-37) received a certain color of reflective stripe. There was no other color selection, no "color keying" to the interior or vinyl top color.
Examples: factory white cars received "BLUE" reflective stripes, factory Brittany Beige '72's received "BLACK" sword style stripes. Cardinal Red '72 LeMans GT's (& 71 1/2 GT-37's) received "GOLD" stripes, not "BLACK". There seems to be quite a bit of owner picking of repro stripe colors over the last decade, I just throw out this info if one plans on having their car Judged in Concours @ Nationals, hopefully the judges know how these cars were built.

-the factory available D98 stripes for '71 model LeMans & GTO's were either the red/black or red/white thin eyebrow style stripes. This style of stripes continued to be offered as the '71 A body D98 stripes well after the '71 1/2 GT-37s were introduced in mid March of '71. Have personally parted several such factory D98 equipped LeMans & T-37s built out of Fremont plant, as well as Pontiac plant builds from late May & June of '71.