The ribbed side trim is actually stainless steel.
I often wondered if the factory or supplier had used some sory of stencil, but it seems impossible to do with longer pieces. I like Howard's thoughts about a roll process better.
Most of that black paint was lost on so many cars that I'm not surprised to see it simply polished up (with no black inlay) on plenty of restored cars.
I've also seen cars where the owner tried to carefully lay down pinstriping tape. That's effective for short pieces such those on the front fender, but it's tough to keep so many lines of tape pefectly parallel on long runs like the doors and rear fenders of the Four Hundred hardtop.
Thinking back to Howard's idea of original production, there is a company that makes a striping tool that utilizes a roller and has a guide arm:
http://www.beugler.com/beta.html That might yield better results than stripe tape or hand-striping with a brush.
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