My Cuda Project Part II...now at Bruning Auto Design

[tones2SS]

Very nice Ned!!
I like the Wilwood Christmas! lol

[syborg tt]

Your welcome and not a problem.

Also sound like your fender may be pushed in. Take a tape and measure from the fenderlip plumb bob to the frame rail and see what you get on both sides.

If that is the case i have the fender lip roller that you can use and instead of rolling the fender lip you can gently flare the fender back out. I did this on the bed of my truck and it worked great.

Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

Since thats been all mounted up, I've been trying to measure for wheels....that has been a huge PITA.

I wanted to thank Marty (Syborg) for lending me his Mount Mate to help the job. I borrowed it back in late July (anticipating my brakes would arrive soon) and then we had all the brake delays and its been sitting in my garage unused.... thank you Marty for being so understanding on the delays. I'll have it back to you next week, I promise.....

I dropped a plum bob from the fender lip and measured to the hub on both side and it looks like my fender is about 1/2 inch pushed in on the driver side.
If I do more BS, then the Mount Mate hits the tie-rod at lock...plus I guess 6 BS is the most I can really do on an 8 inch rim anyway....so best I can figure is do the 19x9 with 6.5 BS, have a slighlty larger lip, and fix the driver side fender opening.....

I can go with a shorter hub and hat and move the track width in, but the caliper is the most "outboard" piece, so it wont do anything for my dish....so by doing the shorter hub, all I'm doing is changing the BS reading.... the mount pad gets thicker and the dish stays the same....

So decisions, decisions......

[DRJDVM's '69]

Thanks again Marty..

I've measured from just about every fixed point I can find to the fender lip and they are all about 1/2 off from side to side. If I sight down the fender, I'm pretty sure I can see it bow in just alittle. Plus on the Cuda there is a little flare just over the opening and if I put a straight edge from lip to body line it's pretty perpindicular on the "in" side and angles inward (body line above is inboard). The definition to this small "flare" is not nearly as crisp as on the "good side" either. Both are original fenders, but both have had some damage over the years

So I'm pretty sure its pushed in about 1/2 inch near the opening on the driver side.

[DRJDVM's '69]

Today I started to mess with the rear tires.... I'm using my stock rearend just to get me in the ballpark for BS and see what I have to work with. The plan is to get the rims and tires and then measure and order a custom Dana 60. Right now I just want to see where I stand......




This is the passenger side lip clearence right now... the tire is alittle crooked in the pix..... I havent done any trimming or rolling of the fender lip yet, but that is the plan for sure. I should be able to move the rim out just a tad more and still have fender clearence and enough space up top to sink the tire up into the wheelwell when its aired out..... I have about 3/4 inch of clearence on the inside right now...so probably move it out about 1/4 inch and I should be perfect.

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

So I'm pretty sure its pushed in about 1/2 inch near the opening on the driver side.

my suggestion - put the car on the ground an pull hard

[Grimmey71]

have you spoke to bill reilly and asked him about backspacing and rim size?

[BRIAN]

Get yourself a contour gauge to determine if one fender is off from the other. When I do metal work I actually draw almost a graph on identical panels and the use the gauge from one to the other. They will always be off a bit but at least you will know if you are in the ballpark. You can make a quick one time gauge out of a piece of cardboard held perpendicular to the panel and trace the contour onto the cardboard. It takes a few times cutting it out but it works and you can make a couple for each section. Take your time and make them accurate.


Good luck

[elitecustombody]

Ned, if you don't mind me asking,where did you get that wheel/tire tool?I must have one. BTW, great progress on your Cuda, I wish I was at that stage with my 71

[DRJDVM's '69]

I actually borrowed it from a fellow Lateral-g member, but you can buy them from
http://www.wheelworksinc.com/mountmate.html

http://www.autowaretech.com/mountmate/

It looks like a great investment if you do alot of wheels and tires etc

Percy's also make a more generic version that doesnt actualy use a real tire.....

http://www.jegs.com/i/Percys/760/01201/10002/-1

[elitecustombody]

Awsome, it's good to have one of theese,I could've used it so many times. Thanks again.