Arlington built LS6 cars

**chevelleheart** · #1 07-08-2008, 07:31 AM

Guys , I just finished reading a back issue of Aces, Jan/Feb 2007 and saw an article on pg 20 about Mike Moore's Shadow Grey LS6 .Now although the car has been re-painted in 1985, apparently the car had only 16,000 orig miles when purchased , all original except for a Hurst shifter and Crager Wheels. What was interesting though was the discussion with regard to the D88 stripes and the Malibu emblem on the door panels rather than the SS emblems. Now the emblem part I had heard before, but the D88 stripes is totally new, and I want to run it by you guys to see if you have seen this before. Apparently, there are 2 different styles of D88 stripes, radial corners and straight corners

!!! The radial corners were meant for the SS cars and the straight corners were meant for the malibu without the SS hood. So if the car had the Malibu door emblems it also got square cornered stripes

????? Now apparently this didn't happen all the tiume but Arlington had a history of quirky things. I have never seen any SS car with square stripes like this or heard of anything like this before. If anybody has any info on this or pics or original paint Arlington cars with original Malibu door panels , I'd love to see some pics !! Thx for your help. Bob

**Mr70** · #2 07-08-2008, 07:53 AM

As has been discussed many times before,I think the 454 cars receiving Malibu vs. SS door emblems is a seperate issue altogether unrelated to the stripes.
Arlington was a new plant designation for the 1970 chevelle beginning in January 1970.There were two different stripe designs,and Arlington seemed to adhere to the squared corners design mostly.Many SS cars,be it 396 or 454 assembled there have been found with them,regardless of what time of year they were built.
So far I know of 3 January,2 March, and 4 June that received them.

**chevelleheart** · #3 07-08-2008, 03:58 PM

Thx Rick. Did you have any pics ? Does anybody have any good pics of original paint cars with the squared off stripes from Arlington build cars ? Thx Bob

**Rixls6** · #4 07-08-2008, 09:22 PM

Here are pics of the stripes on an original paint Leeds Built (12C) LS5. The first pic may look like they were added later, but the owner assured me these were all original.

budnate · #5 07-08-2008, 10:08 PM

is this the car that was in Wa???

**Rixls6** · #6 07-09-2008, 02:43 AM

Yes it is the car from WA.

**olredalert** · #7 07-09-2008, 02:52 AM

------Back about 1982 or so I bought a one owner Arlington LS5 convert outside Atlanta. It had original paint, both white stripes and black. the corners on the trunklid were not squared but the more normal configuration. I cant remember the serial# so dont know what date it was built.........Bill S

**chevelleheart** · #8 07-09-2008, 08:08 AM

Rick , that is a neat pic !!! So I'm kind of guessing it was a hit and miss thing ?Some cars had them both ways. Not necessarily all Alrington cars had the square stripe. I'm thinking , I'll just put the more normal ones on. When I purchased the car , it had already been re-painted in the mid 80's so I guess i'll never know.Actually if anyone has any original paint cars from arlington , I'd love to see the normal radius stripes as well. Thx again. Bob

P.J. · #9 07-09-2008, 07:11 PM

My l78 was built the 4 th week of Nov 1969. The plant was kansas City. The orig stripes were square and it has ss emblems on the door.
PJ

**Geoff Padgett** · #10 07-10-2008, 07:39 PM

Hello all,i own a arlinginton built car (01C) on the subject of the door panel emblems my car had Malibu door emblems on it as well, wish i could help you out on the stripes,long gone when i got it. Geoff