Just bought a 69 Olds 442. Can anybody help me reading the trim plate?
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Thanks everybody. Did sign up for 'WildAboutCars.Com". Good info. Saw an Ad and the sales brochure for the 69 Olds 442. Apparently comes with rally stripes as option (thin strips on hood and trunk) and apparently also with wide strips on hoods (at least in the ad I saw - See attached - although its in B&W and hard to see if its only a pinstripe).
As mine states a 'stripe' was there, assume its the pinstripe option. Thanks
As mine states a 'stripe' was there, assume its the pinstripe option. Thanks
Go to the 1969 SPECS booklet, it will tell you what the available options are:
http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-b...aldisplayed=50
Go to the Assembly Manual, section 1-4
http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-b...aldisplayed=50
You will find what the Y73 and W42 stripes are.
As I said my previous posts:
"The wide W42 hood stripes are indeed part of the the Force-Air (OAI) options (W30, W31, and W32). But they are also optional on any other 442.
The narrow outline stripes (Y73) were standard on 442s and optional on the Cutlass S. "
And:
"That would be the standard Y73 narrow pinstripes on your hood. And trunk. You do not have the W42 wide hood stripes."
If you had the wide hood stripes, option W42 would be listed and it is not. That means your car came with the standard Y73 narrow outline hood stripes.
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Kurt
Thank you. Agree that it sounds like I have the Y73 stripes. Found the specs in the Assembly Manual. Any suggestions as to who might sell the stripe kit? Find lots of '68 and '70 on, but not '69. Thanks
Rick
Thank you. Agree that it sounds like I have the Y73 stripes. Found the specs in the Assembly Manual. Any suggestions as to who might sell the stripe kit? Find lots of '68 and '70 on, but not '69. Thanks
Rick
Last edited by razziz; December 24th, 2012 at 08:37 PM.
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