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V8X — bumblebee tail stripe

1968–1971 Dodge performance-line tail stripe. Two parallel bands wrapping the rear quarter, with a Boss-Bee logo at the rear-most band on Super Bee.

The bumblebee tail stripe is the bee in Super Bee. Two black or contrasting bands wrap the rear of the car from quarter to quarter, breaking around the trunklid, with the Boss-Bee mascot (helmeted bee with chequered-flag wings) at the rear band on Super Bee, the R/T monogram on Coronet R/T and Charger R/T.

1970 ordering note: Dodge B-body buyers chose between V8X (bumblebee) and V6W (longitudinal C-stripe — the body-side belt-line stripe). They were either-or, not both. On Phil's car the C-stripe is what shows in the rear-quarter detail photo — the longitudinal V6W treatment.

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Super Bee logo and C-stripe on a 1970 Dodge Super Bee rear quarter
Super Bee 'longitudinal C-stripe' treatment on the rear quarter — one of two 1970 stripe options. The other was the more familiar bumblebee tail. The bee logo with its racing helmet was Dodge's Boss-Bee mascot.Phil Renato (owner) — used with permission

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