After struggling with mechanical issues for the last year, I was finally enjoying driving my 1972 Skylark/GS455 convertible clone. However, The car was involved in a bit of an accident tonight and I need to find some replacement body pieces. Parts I know I need so far are: Front bumper I know the bumpers are available from The Parts Place on a core exchange, but I'm not sure if they'll let you just pay the core charge. I found reproduction rear fenders on ebay, but haven't yet been able to find a source of reproduction front fenders. The Parts Place has NOS GM, but I'm afraid to ask the cost. Reproductions are perfectly fine for me. Thanks in advance for any help in tracking down these parts. I'll update the list once I decide on a body shop and get the car in there, and remove items from the list as they're acquired. The frame will need to be straightened a bit, so I'm going to be shopping around to find someone that knows what they're doing.
I do not think front fenders were ever reproduced. Rear quarter panels for hardtops were reproduced. Convertible rear quarter panels were not reproduced.
There is a guy in Dracut, MA who may have both front and rear bumpers, he typically has them listed on CL. I've seen the bumper cores he has plenty and most are very good cores. His name is Donn and his email is ubm2@verizon.net.
Hector, do you have any pictures? I'm hoping to get one that doesn't need rechroming, but I'll take what I can get. A core would at least let me do a core exchange with The Parts Place for a fresh front bumper. I've updated the list in the first post, since I've bought everything except for the front bumper.
I would be cautious about the quality of the core used for the re chrome. Investigate a reproduction that has just appeared on the market: http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?318050-1970-GS-Skylark-front-bumper
I have some front bumpers - Not sure if cores or driver quality, but they're straight & my shop is only about 15 min from you. I'll need to dig them out. I think I saw you on the road a while back - unusual to see a GS up there. PM me your phone # or email.
Sorry Hector, Didn't mean to cut you out of a sale. I read the OP and saw where he was and replied without reading through the whole thread.
