1970 Buick Touch Up Paint (23 OEM Colors)

The 1970 Buick Vibe

By 1970, Buick was having a bit of a personality crisis-and we all loved it. On one side of the showroom, you had the Riviera and the Electra 225, cars so long they needed their own zip codes. On the other, you had the GSX, a muscle-bound street brawler that proved Buick could stop being "the doctor's car" and start eating tires for breakfast. With a massive database of 23 colors, the palette was an absolute riot of the era's best. We're talking about high-impact hitters like Yellow (you might know it as Saturn Yellow) and Glacier White, alongside a forest of earth tones like Medium Green Metallic and Sandalwood. If you couldn't find a shade to match your sideburns in 1970, you weren't looking hard enough.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Single Stage Era, where the paint had soul, but it also had a death wish. Back then, we were shooting heavy acrylic lacquer. It was thick, it was glossy, and it was honest-meaning there's no clear coat "shield" protecting your pigment from the elements. If your Buick has been sitting in the sun, that deep Stratomist Blue Iridescent or Maroon Metallic has likely turned into a chalky, hazy mess. This is Oxidation at its finest. When you rub your hand across the hood and it comes away looking like you just fought a chalkboard, that's your paint literally starving to death and turning to dust.

Restoration Tip

The golden rule for 1970 iron is simple: It needs wax or it dies. Single stage paint is "porous"-it's a living thing that needs to be fed with oils. If you're dealing with a faded Dark Gold Metallic survivor, don't just reach for a heavy-duty compound and start grinding away. You'll burn through that 50-year-old lacquer before you can say "Stage 1." Start with a high-quality polish to pull the dead oxidation off, and then bury it in a heavy carnauba wax. That wax isn't just for shine; it's a life-support system that seals the pores and keeps the pigment from turning back into powder. Treat it right, and that lacquer will have a depth of color that modern factory "plastic" clear coats can only dream of.