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Pre-Production '69 R/T stripe

Started by Just 6T9 CHGR, January 09, 2009, 09:04:53 PM

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Just 6T9 CHGR

Thanks to vancamp providing scans of the 69 Dealer pamphlet, there was a nice pic of the R/T stripe on the tan pre-production RT/SE car.....

Looking at the letters they dont seem to be cut out in the center of the decal....seems like the cut out portions of the letters are moved up if you will exposing more body color under the letters instead of evenly all the way around....

Am I seeing things?

The other pic is for reference



Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Ghoste

Or is it an emblem stuck over the stripe?

Just 6T9 CHGR

Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Ghoste

I don't think you're seeing things, there is more of it showing below and to the rear.

Just 6T9 CHGR

Quote from: Ghoste on January 09, 2009, 09:10:02 PM
I don't think you're seeing things, there is more of it showing below and to the rear.

And I kind of like it :thumbs:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Ghoste


FastbackJon

Looks like it could even be a black outlined R/T logo on top of the white stripe?
"This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold..." -- Numbers 7:84 KJV




tan top

Quote from: NOT Just 6T9 CHGR on January 09, 2009, 09:10:37 PM
Quote from: Ghoste on January 09, 2009, 09:10:02 PM
I don't think you're seeing things, there is more of it showing below and to the rear.

And I kind of like it :thumbs:

never noticed this before , good spot Chris :yesnod: ..... looks good to me also  :yesnod:
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resq302

Also looks like it has a 68 style brushed gas cap on it too.

Good eye picking out the fine detail about the cut out on the logo. :2thumbs:
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

1969chargerrtse

Man that blue and white RTSE is stunning. :drool5:  I love white interiors and white top and stripes.  Whats the code and color on that light blue? Teal?
As for the letters, couldn't it just be that they are not centered, as in the way someone laid on the decal tape?  Slight movement etc...
This car was sold many years ago to somebody in Wisconsin. I now am retired and living in Florida.

y3chargerrt

The first thing I noticed was the white painted side marker bezels.

Just 6T9 CHGR

Quote from: y3chargerrt on January 10, 2009, 08:51:35 AM
The first thing I noticed was the white painted side marker bezels.

Which they are supposed to be.... The Q 4(incorrect Charger color) car pic I posted above is incorrect....the bezels should be painted stripe color.
Only Charger 500's made it out with the bezel painted body color.

Quote from: resq302 on January 10, 2009, 07:06:43 AM
Also looks like it has a 68 style brushed gas cap on it too.

Good eye picking out the fine detail about the cut out on the logo. :2thumbs:
That car has a lot of '68 items on it...including the dash board..

Quote from: 1969chargerrtse on January 10, 2009, 08:27:58 AM
Man that blue and white RTSE is stunning. :drool5:  I love white interiors and white top and stripes.  Whats the code and color on that light blue? Teal?
As for the letters, couldn't it just be that they are not centered, as in the way someone laid on the decal tape?  Slight movement etc...

Actually that color is Q4 Light Turquoise Poly(according to the fake tag on the car) which was not a color offered on the Charger
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Just 6T9 CHGR

And I'll be darned.....looking at that Q4 car's pic I noticed its different from MY stripe..... ::)
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Just 6T9 CHGR

At least mine looks more like this original paint cars' stripe ;)
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Stanleyart

So, would this be a "protostripe"?

Here's an illustration to help with the discussion, and my thoughts:

1.) The R/T lettering appears to be lifted and shifted to the left and then up to create a drop shadow effect, just like what a 3-D emblem would do.
There does indeed seem to be a continuing outline around the R/T, although much thinner, almost closing in places.

2.) Or-- this is some die-stamping never seen before, with a drop shadow cut-in.


Anyway, just something else to consider. :P

-s-


Just 6T9 CHGR

Nice renditon!  I do agree it makes it look more 3-D with the shadow effect.  The top one looks more like the thin body color stripe...

On the other subject where there is more body color showing on mine & an unrestored cars' stripe, out of the 20 or so random "restored" R/T car pics I looked at at least 15 or so have the "more body color" style and about 5 have the thin body color version.....obviously 2 different mfg's.

I can say I got mine from Dave Patik at Performance Car Graphics 

Here are a few more unrestored stripes
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


WingCharger


FastbackJon

Quote from: FastbackJon on January 10, 2009, 01:47:20 AM
Looks like it could even be a black outlined R/T logo on top of the white stripe?

Here's what I was talking about... looks plausible.



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Quote from: FastbackJon on January 10, 2009, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: FastbackJon on January 10, 2009, 01:47:20 AM
Looks like it could even be a black outlined R/T logo on top of the white stripe?

Here's what I was talking about... looks plausible.






hmmm possible  :yesnod: ... :popcrn:
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UFO

Here's another photo,notice how well it lines up with the body line.

Stanleyart

Wow! Crooked!

Ok, let me revise and add to my note:

I'm thinking now this is the original r/t emblem used, lifted and shifted and subtly modified, perhaps by an x-cto, just to make the R/T work with a drop shadow effect, for the sake of getting photographed and into the brochures.

Photoshop gives an idea this might be the case.

And thanks for finding and posting this image!

-Steve

TheAutoArchaeologist

Here's another original 69 Charger R/T sitting in a yard/marsh.  Now gone.  My 69 R/T was stripe delete, so I can't help ya there.



Ryan

Just 6T9 CHGR

Quote from: UFO on January 15, 2009, 08:41:13 PM
Here's another photo,notice how well it lines up with the body line.

Crikies!!  That shot makes FastbackJon's theory of a decal more feasable.  Also notice the bezel is still body colored as well...
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Dan T

Quote from: Devil on January 15, 2009, 10:26:18 PM
Here's another original 69 Charger R/T sitting in a yard/marsh.  Now gone.  My 69 R/T was stripe delete, so I can't help ya there.



Ryan

How the HELL did cars like these ever end up in fields & marshes??
:'(
1969 Charger R/T
1969 Dart Custom
2006 Charger R/T

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Quote from: Dan T on January 16, 2009, 12:44:51 PM
Quote from: Devil on January 15, 2009, 10:26:18 PM
Here's another original 69 Charger R/T sitting in a yard/marsh.  Now gone.  My 69 R/T was stripe delete, so I can't help ya there.



Ryan

How the HELL did cars like these ever end up in fields & marshes??
:'(


think the story was on here !! or on the old site   :scratchchin:..might of even been moparts :-\
the car had been stolen , & left for dead or something  back in the 70s , thought it was a SE also :scratchchin: ..... don't quote me on this info , just trying to remember what i read  :yesnod: .. :popcrn:
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