69 "Sports appearance group with tape stripe" Which color tape?

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Cigarwilki:
Hello all!
I can't solve my riddle and I need help if you have it.
My car is a 1969 mustang sport roof. Sports appearance group. Not Mach. Not GT.
When originally sold the build sheets and any/all other paperwork for these cars listed "with tape stripe" if it had the stripes. I have discovered there are three possible tape stripe part numbers (color combinations) that my car might have had but I don't know which went on mine. Supposedly it was based on interior and exterior colors.

These are not Mach 1 stripes and not GT stripes. They are specific to this year only and specific to the sports appearance group.

Apparently there would have been a list/diagram/poster/etc at the assembly line to let builders know which stripe to add to a car based on body style, interior color, exterior color, and package. Does anyone know where I can find this info? I tried Marti. I tried a buddy with antique micro fish. The color just isn't listed with sales documents period.

J_Speegle:
First - welcome to the site - hope you find the assistance and information here helpful in your concours related endeavours

--- Quote from: Cigarwilki on June 20, 2017, 07:49:02 PM ---Hello all!
I can't solve my riddle and I need help if you have it.

My car is a 1969 mustang sport roof. Sports appearance group. Not Mach. Not GT.
When originally sold the build sheets and any/all other paperwork for these cars listed "with tape stripe" if it had the stripes. I have discovered there are three possible tape stripe part numbers (color combinations) that my car might have had but I don't know which went on mine. Supposedly it was based on interior and exterior colors.

These are not Mach 1 stripes and not GT stripes. They are specific to this year only and specific to the sports appearance group.
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Yes have owned a few NOS sets of these stripes that basically look like the Grande stripes

Like other things that come in different colors there were (from my understanding) typically groupings but a buyer (if the car was a customer order) could be built with any color combination but if it was just an order to build inventory then it would most likely follow the normal combinations

--- Quote from: Cigarwilki on June 20, 2017, 07:49:02 PM ---Apparently there would have been a list/diagram/poster/etc at the assembly line to let builders know which stripe to add to a car based on body style, interior color, exterior color, and package. Does anyone know where I can find this info? .
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You might look at the ordering forms for 69, examples (that match your interior and exterior colors) in other cars including Grandes and possible see if your buck tag (guess based on where you originally posted you have a NJ car) as well as your buildsheets. It would not IMHO have ":with tape stripe" printed on the form. Instead a box marked with an X or code that would indicate the color.

Cigarwilki:
Jeff,
Thanks for relocating my post to the more appropriate location. I thought maybe the assembly plant forum would be appropriate but I guess it would have been the same everywhere.
And thanks for your thoughts!

Yes it is a NJ car. Buck tag doesn't give conclusive info. Door tag lists body as 63B (deluxe) and trim as 5AA. I assume the extra A indicates sports appearance group but that's just a guess. I've heard that the Grande stripe is in a different location/ different style or shape than a sport roof but I have no conclusive info on that. Picture added is what I believe mine should look like but not sure. I don't have my original build sheet but the build sheet that came with the car in the picture lists "sports appearance group with tape stripe" in the options. My Marti report lists the same. Assuming my car was ordered with the packages listed in the VIN, door tag, and buck tag, it's not a special order, just unusual options. I don't know if it was customer ordered or typical build but the tape stripe should be what Ford had selected for those options if the customer didn't specify. Marti report shows nothing about a special customer selection.

You mentioned ordering forms for 1969. I haven't seen that. I'll be looking it up on google. Thanks again!

Cigarwilki:
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