I am looking for the correct ones for a hardtop but after reading some old threads I came across this one http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.p...-are-correct&p=2214081&highlight=#post2214081 According to Duane and others 1972 with deluxe door panels (wood grain) did not have emblems.
i have never seen a 72 with door panel emblems....going back 35 years...never saw an original car with them..and ive busted many apart
The one I saw this weekend at a car show was a convertible and he had them. He told me mine were missing but now I believe that mine never had them.
'72 GS coupes did not get the door emblems. I've heard conflicting information that convertibles either did or did not get them.
There were 3 styles of door panels used on the '72s. Only this style of door panel, which was only used on the convertible, used a GS emblem. Also, even though it looks very strange, the GS emblem location is correct on this original unrestored car. It looks terrible in my opinion since it seems it would look better if centered above the armrest. Maybe Buick placed it here so a person would not hit there hand when reaching to close the door?
Here are the three style of '72 door panel used on a '72 GS. Only one utilized an emblem (which is the convertible with the deluxe interiors). I've never understood why they decided to do it this way.
Also note that the pleat spacing and style are different between the Deluxe and Custom door panels, so you can't just add the emblem to the Custom interior without it looking even more out of place. I always preferred the '70 door panel emblems anyway (looks just like the fender emblem only smaller). :TU:
For 72 convertibles Buick continued the same design interiors as they used in the 71 model year, with the only changes being with some color choices. The emblem placement was put on the center pleat, ie there are 8 pleats on each side of the emblem. (Does look weird though.) Buick did add the wood grain to Deluxe interior panels on the coupes but left the convertibles alone. I was told this was due to two reasons; 1 They expected limited numbers of convertible sales and felt there was no reason to spend the money on re-design, and 2. They did not want to put wood grain on the convertible interiors to begin with because they were afraid the elements would damage it. I have a 70 442 Convert and the weather truly does affect the stuff, maybe GM was already having warranty issues on the 70 cars before the 72's were put into production? Duane PS. You have to remember that the 72's were not even supposed to look like the 70-71 Buicks, they were supposed to be the 73 style cars. The only reason GM continued with the same body style was because they were putting all their attention/time towards getting the engines to pass the new federal emissions guidelines.
my '72 GS has the convertible's emblem on my deluxe door panels. I am 99% sure the panels are original.
Richie, If you look above at post #9 the 1st picture of the white door panel is a 72 Convertible with the deluxe interior. The 2nd pic is a 72 Deluxe for a coupe and The 3rd pic is a 72 Standard for a coupe Duane
Thanks Duane - That sure clears it up - next time someone tells me my emblems are missing I will be able to correct them.
I thought it was the 10 week strike at GM in late 1970 that caused the one year delay in the all new '72 models to 1973.
