I have a 68 Firebird 400 that I restored a few years ago. The car did not have stripes when I got it (it had been repainted). I stripped the whole car down to bare metal during the restoration process and I could clearly see the car originally came with stripes because of the "wrapped" part. This is what told me my car originally came with stripes, but I never got the PHS for that car, something I should do someday. My girlfriend just got herself a 67 HO with the stripes and they do not wrap around, but then again, they are not the original stripes. If I were to do it again, I would try to "wrap" them around. Just my opinion. Frank.