Brian,

I have seen both 1/8 and 1/4 on the body stripe and on the wheel stripes. I agree, it's not worth arguing about - both are right (as are 3/16th stripes, I bet).

My 1954 Suburban had a 1/8" body stripe. If it ever had wheel stripes, I'll never know. However, I had 3 x 1/8" wheel stripes painted on my Suburban's wheels.

Tim