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How did the factory paint the exterior?

Discussion in 'Color is everything!' started by philip, Oct 22, 2004.

  1. philip

    philip Well-Known Member

    I've often heard that the 70 Sklark's (and other Buick line cars) fenders and hoods were painted separately from the rest of the car, at different plant locations.

    Is this correct? And if so how did they achieve a good color match with silvers, golds and other metallic paints?

    Does anyone have information on how Buick cars were painted back in the late 60's and early 70's?

    Thanks,

    Philip
     
    philip, Oct 22, 2004
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  2. Duane

    Duane Member

    Philip,
    The shells (firewall rearward) were painted by Fisher Body. The front end sheetmetal (firewall forward), fenders, hood, etc was painted by Buick.

    As far as "How did they achieve a good color match with silvers, golds and other metallic paints?" Well sometimes they didn't, there are many documented cases of 86 GN's with black bodies and black "metallic" front clips. It seems that the GM painting shop could not get all the metallic washed out of their system.
    Duane

    PS. There is a good article (18 pages long) about how the 69 camaro's were built. It was written by a guy that worked at GM assembly plants. It gives an insight as to how our cars were built. Here is the url.
    http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml
     
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    Duane, Oct 22, 2004
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