Correct Height for Lower Outside Beltline Trim?

[MitchaPaLoOza88]

First... is this lower beltline trim stock? For a '68 1600-2. I really don't see any of them on the google results images (See uploaded photo)

 

Second... After removing the paint from the quarter panel, I see there is another set of holes that someone covered up. Its uniformly done around the car, but would bring the trim to be higher than the rear bumper. Was this just a bodyman's mess up? Or was there a different type of trim that actually installs higher? Or that trim was lowered? The second photo attached shows the second set of holes. The ones with the X marks were the ones that were covered up.

 

Thanks guys

 

[Mike87]

I do not think that a '68 even had that belt line trim. It was probably added by a PO who put it at the wrong height and changed it (2 sets of holes).

[MitchaPaLoOza88]

6 minutes ago, Mike87 said:

I do not think that a '68 even had that belt line trim. It was probably added by a PO who put it at the wrong height and changed it (2 sets of holes).

 

Ya that sounds about right. What really caught my attention was that they kinda seem out of place. And it doesn't seem very 60's era to use plastic on the outside of the car.

[Conserv]

The knee trim first appeared in April 1971, with the mid-year introduction of the Modell 71 (knee trim, long-tail rear bumper, bump strip on front and rear bumpers, long console, black-face instruments, etc.).

 

But lots of us — myself included —wanted to update our ‘02’s to look “just like the newest models”.  I was assembling a kit of knee trim and long-tail rear bumper for my ‘70 when I totaled the car — definitely my bad.

 

BMW even offered their own kit, below, from a ca. 1972 U.S. accessories brochure.

 

The knee trim went at a height that matched the rub strips on the front and rear bumpers, just below the body crease.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited June 13, 2018 by Conserv

[MitchaPaLoOza88]

36 minutes ago, Conserv said:

The knee trim first appeared in April 1971, with the mid-year introduction of the Modell 71 (knee trim, long-tail rear bumper, bump strip on front and rear bumpers, long console, black-face instruments, etc.).

 

But lots of us — myself included —wanted to update our ‘02’s to look “just like the newest models”.  I was assembling a kit of knee trim and long-tail rear bumper for my ‘70 when I totaled the ‘70.

 

BMW even offered their own kit, below, from a ca. 1972 U.S. accessories brochure.

 

The knee trim went at a height that matched the rub strips on the front and rear bumpers, just below the body crease.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

Thanks for that info Steve.

[Ensign]

[bills2002]

So @MitchaPaLoOza88, looks like you might have some knee trim to sell. I'd give really good money for your right door trim strip of it is in good condition.

[MitchaPaLoOza88]

So@MitchaPaLoOza88, looks like you might have some knee trim to sell. I'd give really good money for your right door trim strip of it is in good condition.

If I recall correctly they were pretty weather faded. I'm probably going to hang on to them in case I feel like installing them