Cale's 55

[Derek69SS]

Grandpa came over last night to help align the front end sheetmetal. This was a struggle that fought us every step, caused by one incorrect part.

The core support that we got with the car is for a '56
It's about an inch wider than a '55 core support. It bolted up to the 55 fenders, but we spent a few hours fighting the fender fitment before I sent Cale out to measure the core support of my '55.

Once we figured that problem out, we removed the core support and aligned things the best we could without it. Since everything moves so much without that support, the final panel gapping will have to wait for another time.

Also, the 2nd hood was a struggle as well. I think we'll be better off going back to bare metal on the first hood and spending more time hammering and shrinking.

[69M22Z]

Very cool!!!

[Too Many Projects]

Well, that's discouraging. It looks like you could drill out the spot welds for the 2 end/fender mounts and move them inboard 1/2" each and be OK ?

[Derek69SS]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Well, that's discouraging. It looks like you could drill out the spot welds for the 2 end/fender mounts and move them inboard 1/2" each and be OK ?

The ends are shaped slightly differently as well. It's also a 6cyl core support that we were going to make adapters to put the 6cyl radiator in the V8 position, but now we'll just get a correct V8 one... still might need to make adapters, since we have a good 6cyl radiator, but they'll be smaller and easier, as well as being less work to change later to a correct radiator if we come across one.