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Originally Posted by scherp69
That's good to know, thanks for the help. I just checked my car. It's perfectly level front to back. Side to side...it's close. The bubble is between the lines, but touching one of them. That was with a level across the top of the trunk opening. Even when I lay it across the top flat part in the trunk...it's still about the same. I already have the passenger side quarter off so would that effect it some I assume.
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The fact that the 1/4 panel's off shouldn't make a great deal of difference. Over the years I've seen people remove 1/4 panels with just the rear end up on jackstands (I've been in the body shop game for over 30 years). The important thing is to have the car with it's weight supported by the wheels or on jackstands under the axle/front suspension when aligning everything & whilst welding takes place as this is how the car would "sit" when back on the ground. If you're really worried just take some measurements across the aperture from side to side but I bet they're almost the same (remember that even new cars can be out a fraction dimensionally & an old car even moreso even if they haven't had bodywork, due to the torsional/lateral stresses imposed due to everyday/hard driving use). hth.