Would appreciate any recomendations for where to purchase a stencil/strip kit for my '70 Cutlass convertible.

I am doing a 442 tribute. The car has the ram air hood and the wing on the rear deck.

I am getting it painted soon and will be providing the stencil for the stripes. I need it for the ram air hood and the stripes tthat go down each side.

Question, while googling stenciles I seen reference to the stripe on the rear deck. I don't think I have seen a 442 with a strip on the rear deck. Comments?

thanks for all your help.

Pat

 

First, the only stripe on the trunk lid was a pinstripe that ran parallel to the trailing edge of the trunklid. The exact location and thickness varied with year. The side stripes on a 442 are thin pinstripes. Despite the fact that every 70-72 has them today, only W-cars got the wide side stripes from the factory. Here's an example of a trunk pinstripe. Ignore the incorrect wing on a convertible.

 

thanks for the reply....does all 442 or W cars have the trunk lid stripe?

on't think I've seen any cars with this rear deck stripe. Is it not a common stripe?

Any suggestions as to where to purchase the stencil stripe kit?

Pat

 

Every single 442 (including W-cars) got this stripe. You haven't seen it because no one bothers to put it back on after a repaint. Also, despite the fact that you see them a LOT today, Olds didn't use wide Chevelle-style trunk stripes. The only cars that ever got them were the 1970 pace cars and the 1972 H/O.

 

Hi Joe,

Thank you for this info. I don't want the wide style truck trips.

Pat

 

jpatfarrell, my car is in the process of final paint now, so I've just dealt with your very question. Several places sell a stripe stencil kit. I purchased a pricey one ($200ish) because of the company's claim to have a unique offering with a one piece stencil running over the wheel wells. PM me and I'll give you the details … nothing bad, but maybe not worth the expense. My painter is VERY experienced and it gave him fits. If he had it to do over again, I believe he would've laid out his own stripes. He hasn't done the hood yet, so I'll let you know how that turns out. He told me it took him about 2 hours to lay out the passenger side and then maybe an hour to get the stencils on the driver side properly. Although he's done a beautiful job with my car, I do believe the stripes terminate at the rear of my car too high … I haven't had the heart to mention it yet and it isn't the stencil's fault. I've read in several other threads of stencil kits from Phoenixgraphix, but I don't know the verdict on them. Basically, it's tricky regardless of what you use I guess. One thing is certain though, no matter how your painter elects to spray your body color (body assembled or body apart), the stripes should be laid out with the panels on the car. Otherwise, there's a huge opportunity for them the line up incorrectly as the panels meet. We sprayed the base and one light clear coat because handling bare base coat (fingers, tape, etc.) almost insures and imperfection showing up under the clear. Then he applied the stencils, shot the stripe color and then the process of the final coats of clear (4). It took him all day and late into the evening because of the need to get the clear on the car immediately.

@ Joe- I see some many variations of the way the stripe terminates at the rear of the car. I know that most examples I'm seeing are certainly either clones or just striped cars like mine, but were there truly differences in the outcome of factory cars? I'm really struggling with whether to live with mine or have him do it over. It's still apart and very fresh, so it isn't a disaster … just $ I hate to waste.

 

Thanks for the reply...

My '70 Cutlass just happen to be finished painting yesterday. I bought a stencil kit for stencilandstripes.com. Everthing worked out good. I hope to have my Cutlass back home for me to start working on the restoration on Tuesday, 6/2/2202.

 

Cool … have fun!

 

Joe was referring to the wide side stripes that ONLY were available on W30 cars. The side stripe on a 442 were not as wide, look beautiful and correct for the car.