Dad's Strato Chief had them but they could have been dealer installed however you can see how these mouldings "flatten" before they reach the side markers which is strange. The car was a dealer demonstrator when he bought it.

Chevrolet & Canadian Pontiac were usually in lock-step with options. While I don't remember seeing a Strato Chief with the side mouldings (other than Todd's old photo), I do remember seeing an original 1969 Biscayne waaaay back. It was a stock '69 Biscayne 4-door with the stock rocker spear mouldings, plus the Bel Air full-length bodyside moulding (option B84).

B90 Chrome Window Frames were probably available on Strato Chief & Laurentian sedans & Safaris. I remember seeing a '70 Bel Air sedan with them & a vinyl roof. It looked like a Bel Air with Impala doors.

On the later generation it was not unusual to see the optional mouldings. Dad had a '74 Biscayne with optional B84 Bodyside Mouldings & B80 Bright Drip Rails. There was another around like it that additionally had B90 Bright Window Reveal Mouldings.

On a side note the Laurentian body side mouldings were just stainless with no rubber inserts.

I checked my parts catalogue. No listing for mouldings on the Stratochief in 69 so they must have been dealer installed.

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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I checked my parts catalogue. No listing for mouldings on the Stratochief in 69 so they must have been dealer installed.

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 As we found out before,

A dealer would slap anything on to make a sale.

We have a member with a 69 Parisienne convertible with Grande Parisienne trip.

He had proof that the car came from the dealer.

He has not posted in a while.

Love to see the update on that car restoration 

gtodrive wrote:

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ABC123 wrote:

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Canadian Poncho wrote:

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I checked my parts catalogue. No listing for mouldings on the Stratochief in 69 so they must have been dealer installed.

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 As we found out before,

A dealer would slap anything on to make a sale.

We have a member with a 69 Parisienne convertible with Grande Parisienne trip.

He had proof that the car came from the dealer.

He has not posted in a while.

Love to see the update on that car restoration 

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So, Im curious on the concept of the dealer installing the side moulding. On the American B bodies, oval holes were punched in the sheet metal at the factory so the side moulding mounting clips could be attached. Were the Canadian mouldings put on a different way? Or would the dealer use emblem tape? Anyone seen one with moulding mounted with emblem tape? Just curious if there were differences from the American cars.

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 The side mouldings had oval holes in the sheet metal and a plastic bathtub clip was used to secure the moulding.  I've been looking for those bathtub clips for some time, but was able to grab a bunch of used ones from a 69 Parisienne in the local junk yard.   So, to add the side mouldings onto a Strato-Chief, they would have needed to used some type of emblem tape.