With the frame straight – or, as straight as it going to be after at least one accident and years of abuse – we are moving on to getting the front end level.
One of the captive nuts fell out of place on the driver’s side lever-action shock mount. ugh.
Flat on top.
The passenger side wheelhouse supposedly made contact with a tree decades ago, and subsequently had some hasty repairs and welds holding it in place. A new section was required.
The wheelhouse repair section.
Nasty MIG welds filled up this front mounting flange. So we removed it and welded on a new piece, and then finished out the welds.
Closer to being welded back in.
With the wheelhouses mounted, I was able to locate a new radiator support. Here it is being leveled out. Crooked cars always feel like a test!
Moving onto the aluminum shroud. This one looks to be a replacement, but it still had plenty of dings, and as far as I can tell, the factory made little to no effort to finish out their welds.
