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It left me scratching my head, maybe he was confusing a 69 with 68. The suggestion of using a early bolt on emblem wasn’t appealing to me either.
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Off the top of my head the 68 GTO is the first car I can recall having decals ... also some of the GT Lemans?? Did any of the 68 RA cars have the Ram Air decal on the scoops?
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Mopars used more stickers / graphics than any other brand. Some was tasteful, and some was WTF!!!!!
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What year was the Superbird? That had to be crazy at the time......
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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No scoop decals for R/A cars in '68, that started in '69. The 1/4 decal is such a neat, modern detail, especially next to the arrowhead marker light. I could see folks looking at it as a step down in quality back in the day.
'68 seemed to be a big year for decals, Mopar definitely made use of them that year. Off the top of my head I can't think of any pre-'68 cars that use decals. Maybe something like a '67 Barracuda S? Superbird was '69.
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Ken '68 GTO - 464 - Ram Air II heads - 236/242 roller - 9.5” TSP converter - Moser 3.55 Truetrac (build thread | walk around) '95 Comp T/A #6 M6 - bone stock (pics) |
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By the way 68ragtop, on the color of the decal, my turquoise car had a white decal when I got it and I have no reason to think that it was changed. I've seen others in my paint color that had white also. I went with black because I thought it complemented the top better.
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Why is it that 68 and 69 GTO people seem to be the nicest Pontiac people?
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Black on turquoise does look nice!
I just looked at my decals, They are as white as a piece of sheet paper. Bought them from Ames at the very least 10 yeas ago. They do say 3M on the backing so, a decent quality, but would they are for sure not Cameo Ivory. Does anyone actually make an off white decal? I am tempted to break another rule & put black on the car...
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (base OHC, 350, 400HO & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA ht’s) 1969 Custom S 2dr ht 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 ht & Judge ht) 1969 Cat (3 Cvt’s & 2dr ht) 1969 Ventura wagon 2 seat 1969 Exec 4dr post 1969 Bonnie Cvt & 2 wagons 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix 2 SJ’s 1969 2+2 2dr ht (Canadian) |
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Is there a 68 assembly manual? It would show the “correct” location.
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (base OHC, 350, 400HO & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA ht’s) 1969 Custom S 2dr ht 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 ht & Judge ht) 1969 Cat (3 Cvt’s & 2dr ht) 1969 Ventura wagon 2 seat 1969 Exec 4dr post 1969 Bonnie Cvt & 2 wagons 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix 2 SJ’s 1969 2+2 2dr ht (Canadian) |
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I have the 68 service manual & I think that has specs too. I just thought that car in that pict looked low.
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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I have an extra set of decals in white...somewhere. Left over from when I was deciding. I'll see if I can take a look to see 'how white' they are. I've never noticed any white decals being anything other than pure white...but I've never paid much attention to that level of detail.
Speaking for '68 owners..we're submissive from all the abuse we've taken from '64, '65, '66, '67, '69, '70,'71, '72, '73 and '74 owners.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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More proof that while some try to make their car "perfect", the factory did not care about perfection, only money.
Notice, the GTO decal is not in the same location on both 68's. |
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True. Several examples in this thread that show slight variation in placement.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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So it would appear anything from centered to near level to the top of the side marker light would be correct. I am probably going to put mine centered, but cheated a smidge towards the top.
The 4 door car picture is cool. Where did that originate? Also, My white "GTO" decals are white as a piece of sheet paper, not cameo ivory as it sounds like it should be. I won't be installing them until I am finished assembling & get one more & final polish on the paint. Getting close though.........
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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Anybody ever look into the "white" GTO decals? Mine are indeed white as white can be. Aftermarket decals I bought from Ames at least 10 years ago. Does anyone make a cameo ivory decal set?
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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I think white is correct myself...every one I've seen looked just 'white'...but honestly, I've never sweated those kind of details. Never would have crossed my mind to compare decal 'whiteness'.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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Dang, I just realized that I posted the same thing several weeks ago.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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