Front Clip Assembly

[curtish57]

Hey Everyone,

Good Monday morning to all who read this, I had a question I would love some help with regarding my 70. So I just go done breaking in my new 454 and it went pretty well, now I am looking to complete the front clip. I put it together enough to run wires and install the inner fenders and what not but I haven't added shims and nothing is tightened into place yet, meaning the fenders and core support. My main question is what order do you go in to get all your gaps correct? Do you shim and tighten down the core support to get your bottom gaps where the fender meets the body or do I shim and tighten the fenders and then move to the core support or do I shim and get my gaps all the way around and then tighten it all down at once. I just don't want to be going back and forth a million times fighting myself. What's your best practices, order of operation, and general notes or fyi I should take into account. 

 

Thank you!

[Leghome]

The fenders are the first thing I put on after the core support so I can get my door gaps correct and the shim the core support, then the hood again for the gaps then you can bolt down the care support. Leaving the core support loose lets you move the doghouse to get a good gap hood to fender

[mon-tss]

Good to start by taking a x measurement ,

Go from hood bumper on front to the post on the cowl to catch to hood in crash and sure those measure out about the same. Then you know it is pretty square. Fender to door and then hood to fender.

[Leghome]

3 hours ago, mon-tss said:

Good to start by taking a x measurement ,

Go from hood bumper on front to the post on the cowl to catch to hood in crash and sure those measure out about the same. Then you know it is pretty square. Fender to door and then hood to fender.

Great tip

[curtish57]

Hey guys I am having an issue with the passenger side fender at the bottom. How would I get this gap fixed? I shimmed the core support and the driver side seems good, does this side just need an extra shim?

 

[Scott S.]

There are shims on the backside of the fender inside the door. Maybe removing one might help.

[Scott S.]

I forgot to mention the bolts under the quarter panel..... back bottom edge betweem the wheel and the door.