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Patrick brophy · 03-29-2023, 03:55 PM

Still pluging along on my 1957 Thunderbird, and I have come to the place where I need to reattach the tail light brows to the rear fenders before paint.

The rear fenders on this car are near perfect,and needed no body work or filler to make them straight.
That being said, when the brows are attached to the fenders there is no way to adjust them correctly, so they fit top ,bottom and side to side.

If I adjust them so they fit correctly at the top of the brow and fender, the bottom of the brow is off almost 1/8 of an inch, and the same goes side to side.

Were these cars off that much from the factory?

03-29-2023, 03:55 PM	#1
Patrick brophy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Alabama Posts: 187	Body parts tolerance Still pluging along on my 1957 Thunderbird, and I have come to the place where I need to reattach the tail light brows to the rear fenders before paint. The rear fenders on this car are near perfect,and needed no body work or filler to make them straight. That being said, when the brows are attached to the fenders there is no way to adjust them correctly, so they fit top ,bottom and side to side. If I adjust them so they fit correctly at the top of the brow and fender, the bottom of the brow is off almost 1/8 of an inch, and the same goes side to side. Were these cars off that much from the factory?