We all know with 1st year parts . The body lines are clean and sharp. (Early 70 fenders versus late 71) stamping out thousands of fenders the latter become not so good. Stamps wore out. So I got an idea. After all body work performed and ready to prime. I chose to spray (2) coats of sprayable polyester. This product is a very high Quality polyester. Ilimunates all imperfections. I thought to put on a 3M foam arpature tape on the swoosh line. Then applied (2) coats of poly. Peeled off and applied the third coat just on the line where tape was to get it to melt
I rolled it with 150grit to the left and to the right 3-4 " back n forth notice the black epoxy line.
Once a fender is hit in the area, there's no getting back that crisp line. Ive seen some repaired fenders where its gone altogether.
Go to car shows and look at the Buick Skylark GS fenders that people could not get right. Hard to look at
These fenders I'm working on are very nice . Minimum damage. I just thought I'd show guys how I do bodywork. Everyone has their way. That polyester I sprayed over that body work is excellent product .
Thanks for posting those pictures. They are very helpful. While I'm still on the doors, the fenders are next.
I always looked at that as a teardrop running front to back...rear quarter has those same lines, both with the wheel in the middle of the tear.
Buick Design engineers were definitely GM's Best! Or just GM Design engineers. Because Buicks Agenda was definitely the space program (Rockets) They look like The blast out of the rocket (flame) coming out of the rocket engine. Maybe I'm reading into it to much.
My 71 GS back when I was 17 years old in 1980. We painted the swoosh lines on with gold metal flake !!! lol Man I miss that car
