Motor Trend/Hotrod article: 1972 Scamp restomod by Pure Vision

72bluNblu said
Yeah I just think it's funny when people get bent out of shape because of a bumblebee stripe on a Scamp. The car has the exact same *** end as the Dart that the stripe was designed for.

Sure, you couldn't get a bumblebee stripe on a Scamp from the factory. So what? There's a ton of stuff on MOST peoples cars that didn't come that way from the factory. Being weird about a vinyl stripe that's easy enough to remove just seems unnecessary. I mean the car in question has a RoadRunner AirGrabber hood scoop installed on it! Which looks great, but clearly, wasn't available on a Scamp. So I don't get the bumblebee stripe thing, especially on this car. Clearly not a factory correct car!

Not disagreeing with your point here at all but just playing devil's advocate (which I do often and he rewards me handsomely for it), the bumblebee stripe was straight up a DODGE thing. Sure, it looks fine aesthetically since it fits the sheet metal but it seems to be catering to people who just don't know better. It also requires people who do know that it's a Dodge signature stripe to set aside their cognitive dissonance which could understandably impede one's ability appreciate the look.

Wouldn't it look a little bit weird to put a Plymouth Rapid Transit logo on a Dodge...even if you snipped off the "Plymouth Makes It" text?