So I bought a nice ( I think) 32 Tudor sedan, perfect black paint, arrow straight body. In my ever unreasonable quest to make all the lines line up and all the gaps perfect, I'm in the middle of adjusting the front fenders. Being as this is my first 32, I'm not real familiar with how they were put together. Now the question. There's a gap in between the inner bottom fender lip, and the top of the frame. Like a quarter inch or better. The area I'm talking about is in-between the fire wall and grill shell. Seems on my 31 coupe, the fender was tight to the frame, and there was webbing in-between the two. Is this how it is? Am I just tripping over nothing? Thanks for any help.
Are your fenders originals or new. I've done quite a few full fendered cars and I have no problems with the originals but new fenders such as Brookvilles have required some messaging at the rear inside bottom edge to fit the frame correctly. Also where they bolt to the running board the rear outside corner needs messaged.
Not sure, I know they're metal...they look fine, and fit ok. Another way I can explain is, if you look under the fender, there's a gap in between the frame and the bottom of the fender you can see the engine though. A small gap, but a gap..
With the upswept gap is it possible they're 33/34 pu? Just guessing as I've never had a 32 fender with that type of gap.
Wow that's a lot. Is there a raised bump in the inner edge of the fender, about in line with the grille shell? That would be a giveaway of those being 33-34 pickup fenders.
Big gap,mmm. That 4 bar sure has had a lot of winding, to try to get decent caster I assume. I hope the spring isn't twisted. Better check that.
It has a tube axle, and a mono leaf spring on it. It's getting hair pins, a beam axle, and a real spring...
Any chance those are glass fenders? If they are ,glass never really cures.If you take one off the car,and lay it down it will take a twist from storage.They will re-settle to the correct shape but can leave a curve until they do.