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Old 02-22-2022, 05:00 PM
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I've got the "Aquarius green Poly"-ish 1971 GTO pictured below.
The car appears to be lucy blue-ish in the photos, but is much more blue/green in person.
I've been toying with the idea of putting some stripes on my car.
I suppose I'd use the orange/pink/blue?
If you were making custom stripes for this cars' color, what would you choose?
Also, I'd like to keep the "GTO" decal on the fender; but mine are white.

I also like the 'sword" stripe. Is it sacrilege to put sword stripes on a '71?
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Old 02-22-2022, 09:34 PM
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Everybody has different tastes. I'm not a fan of pink, and your blue is tough to bring psychedelic colors into. This is my conservative take. Pastel blue outer/lime green/lighter blue similar in hue to your car in the center. If you have an idea, I can do a quick PhotoShop as time allows. Hard to see with the lo-res of these attachments. I can email a higher res.
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Old 02-22-2022, 09:37 PM
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interesting color, when you first posted the pics, i really couldnt tell the diff from lucy blue. would love to see it in person. dont know ive seen another that color for sure.

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1. nothing - looks superb as-is
2. Sword stripe in white










3. Judge stripe - too clownish for me

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Old 02-23-2022, 08:46 AM
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Everybody has different tastes. I'm not a fan of pink, and your blue is tough to bring psychedelic colors into. This is my conservative take. Pastel blue outer/lime green/lighter blue similar in hue to your car in the center. If you have an idea, I can do a quick PhotoShop as time allows. Hard to see with the lo-res of these attachments. I can email a higher res.
Wow, that really looks nice.
Scarebird; I agree, about the judge stripes in the factory colors; but i like what HoovDaddy has presented.

I see that there are a few stripes available: Judge type, sword type, 9 Stripe type...
What is "D-98" stripe? it looks smaller in the photos i've seen? (But honestly i've seen very few photos labeled "D-98"; usually says " Judge stripe" are they the same?).

Thanks for your ideas.

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i tried to get another photo but no sun today.
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This is the D-98 stripe on my 71. Only two colors on this stripe kit. Purchased from Phoenixgrafix.com.
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Old 02-23-2022, 06:37 PM
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I was under the assumption the D98 stripe was the full length 9 stripe.

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Click on this link- https://phoenixgraphix.com and search under General Motors, then Pontiac for views of their different stripe kits.

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Old 02-24-2022, 01:09 PM
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So, I was right, that pic isn't a D98 stripe. It's an eyebrow stripe. The Lemans got the solid and the GTO got the 9 stripe sword stripe for D98. Well, after viewing all their options it's confusing. They list the 71 with eyebrow stripes as D98 and in 72 the D98 is the sword. My 72 convertible with T41 was built with the D98 stripes and I asked this question a while back because I was confused what was on it. I think it was pointed out, only a GTO or Lemans with T41 was allowed to order the stripes. No regular Lemans could get them from factory.


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Old 02-24-2022, 02:58 PM
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So this is confusing. According to the Thomas DeMauro book on Pontiac GTO 1964-1974, the D98 (Pontiac Order Form #614) option was Rally stripes with no real detail of what the stripes looked like. In 72, he states" A new Rally side stripe was offered optionallt with the GTO and LeMans with the endura nose, and only 150 cars got them. Also, that book shows a 72 GTO with the nine stripe design withe the comment:" The 1972 Rally Stripe design was a one-year only endeavor, and very few GTO owners took the plunge.
So was the eyebrow stripe pictured in Phoenix Grafix the 1970 hold over Accent Stripe( code #422) which started out as a 69 Judge stripe but changed to eyebrow style later in the year?

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https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...rchid=17298571 Lots of info.

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Here's another idea I thought for a custom painted stripe.
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400 Lemans, that link doesn't work. For me anyway. Others?

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