Jason72 Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 I have a 1970 in my garage for some routine maintenance and I noticed the body mounts in the front under the radiator support are about 4-5 inches thick between the frame and rad support. I thought it looked odd so i looked at my 1972. Mine are only 1 1/2-2 inches thick. The body lines up nice on the 70 but I suspect the front frame horns may be bent down. Any ideas? Quote
71MonteCarloMD Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 Not sure without pictures, can you post them? One possibility is that it has wrong mounts? Quote
Brew Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 When I put mine back together recently I had to put about 4 fender washers a side on the core mounts to get everything lined up correctly. How do your fenders, extensions, hood & door lines look? Everything line up good? Quote
Jason72 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 These 3 pics are the car in question. Looks like all 3 parts of the mount are in between the frame and support Quote
Jason72 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 I also noticed all his bumper brackets are at the top of there adjustment Quote
71MonteCarloMD Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Not sure why have 3 mounts there as the radiator support mount kit comes with two for each side with bracket in between. Quote
Dtret Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Order a new set of bushings from inline tube and install them correctly. That’s not right. Wow. I have a name for people that do stuff like that and it’s not ‘mechanic’. Quote
Dtret Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Also check the ones on the front of the body see if they are installed correctly. Quote
Jason72 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 All others look right. I don’t want to mess with them because I’m not getting involved in trying to realign the front clip. The rad support will go down 2 inches if I replace them. He needs suspension bushings and I’m concerned if the alignment will be able to be done afterwards. I was thinking of taking it to an alignment shop first to see how far out of wack is is now before I do anything. mainly I was asking if anyone has seen the front horns bend down on these cars for some reason (collision) or another… Quote
Jason72 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 If the alignment isn’t to far out now I guess I could replace them but put a 2 inch spacer underneath them Quote
71MonteCarloMD Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 I can’t answer your question about alignment or something like that as others may chime in. Quote
cny first gen 71 Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 I'd check the alignment first, who knows what can happen to these cars over the years and for whatever reason they are in there like that. I assume it's a customer car brought in for service. You may want to tell them about it maybe they know why it's that way. Quote
Jason72 Posted November 7, 2021 Author Posted November 7, 2021 Update: Sent car for alignment. Was all good. Showed the owner the mounts and explained the issue. Told owner I wasn't getting involved with aligning the body so take it to a body shop. He was happy with that and took the car. 1 Quote
Rare SS Posted November 24, 2021 Posted November 24, 2021 On 11/7/2021 at 10:39 AM, Jason72 said: Update: Sent car for alignment. Was all good. Showed the owner the mounts and explained the issue. Told owner I wasn't getting involved with aligning the body so take it to a body shop. He was happy with that and took the car. Very smart of you to NOT get involved in that messy can o worms! Customer took the car....PHEW!! All GOOD! Jeff 1970 SS454 Black Quote
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