o/s front wheel sticks out too far
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:37 pm
I'm rebuilding a plus 2 having bought one in bits 6 months back. Previous owner also bought the car in bits and he had rebuilt the rear end quite nicely. I stripped the front, had everything sandblasted and rebuilt with new everything. Along the way I found that the near side front has had a pretty bad repair done, lots of filler and although it looks OK at a glance, careful comparison with the off side shows that the repairer (or shall I call him the bodger) has not got the shape quite right. All of this is fixable, if not a little annoying.
The car has a Spyder chassis fitted which is in very good condition and shows no signs of damage, likewise the o/s front body shows no signs of any damage or poor repairs, but........ When I refitted all the suspension yesterday it is very clear that the o/s wheel sticks out further than the n/s wheel. Some of that was due to the bodger's repair and having ground away a load of his filler I now have the edge of the wheel arch the same distance from the bonnet aperture on both sides, so I would say that both sides of the car are about symmetrical but the o/s wheel still sticks out further that the n/s wheel and I would have to say that the n/s wheel looks right and the o/s wheel looks wrong. Apart from being rather p'd off I'm also a bit baffled by it. Is is possible that the body can be bolted to the chassis at the front off centred and hence correctable? Any other thoughts appreciated.
Nic
The car has a Spyder chassis fitted which is in very good condition and shows no signs of damage, likewise the o/s front body shows no signs of any damage or poor repairs, but........ When I refitted all the suspension yesterday it is very clear that the o/s wheel sticks out further than the n/s wheel. Some of that was due to the bodger's repair and having ground away a load of his filler I now have the edge of the wheel arch the same distance from the bonnet aperture on both sides, so I would say that both sides of the car are about symmetrical but the o/s wheel still sticks out further that the n/s wheel and I would have to say that the n/s wheel looks right and the o/s wheel looks wrong. Apart from being rather p'd off I'm also a bit baffled by it. Is is possible that the body can be bolted to the chassis at the front off centred and hence correctable? Any other thoughts appreciated.
Nic