Ok, now that I am actually home with the car I took measurements. The passenger side has a hair under a half inch of clearance. I did exaggerate the driver side it seems :-[, as it has a hair over an inch of clearance. So, this seems to fall into the tolerance area of a lot of GM A-bodies.
So I need to check the bushings, but this may just be how it is.
The tire does have some marks where it makes contact occasionally, so I either have to get smaller tires or consider rolling the fenders I guess.
ugh.