Day 54 - Measurements and More Trunk.. oh and patch for battery holder.

Today, My dad and I began with more adjustments to the sail panel. I feel like I have cut this thing to pieces. These AMD parts are nice and all but their dies are shitty as all get out. we had to clamp a 2 x 6 to the sail panel to begin to reshape/BEND THE HELL out of the panel.

With the sail panel FINALLY in, it was time to cleco the trunk gutters in place. It looks like one side is closer than the other. It may even mean the tail panel isn't centered. While I can tell something is off its going to take a lot more time to figure it out.

 

 

The first test was to level the quarter panels, This found that the driver side quarter panel was fairly low. I placed a bottle jack and the flat side of a 2x6 to jack up the quarter panel. Now with both panels  level, we began measuring from different points on the car to try to determine if the fenders are not in the same location. If they are an equal distance from the same points, this would indicate that the fenders are at least centered.

It looks like that either the passenger side quarter panel needs to be moved in by 1/8th of an inch OR the driver side quarter panel needs to be moved out by 1/8th of an inch. The question is which one is right?
The best way to find this out is to get the doors, fenders and hood all mounted correctly THEN see if one fender needs to move in or out. More on this next time.

My dad was tasked, by me :), to patch the battery tray mount under the hood. He began fabricating a small piece to weld in under the hood.