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OKGMC4 · 12-09-2010, 08:47 AM

OK, so has your fender always lined up with the rocker like that or did you have to massage it a bit? My fenders hang below the rocker about 1/4" each side and I've seen this on several trucks before so I know mines not unique. Not looking forward to fixing it but it has to look as nice as yourrs does or it will drive me crazy.

**JML55** · 12-09-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by OKGMC4

OK, so has your fender always lined up with the rocker like that or did you have to massage it a bit? My fenders hang below the rocker about 1/4" each side and I've seen this on several trucks before so I know mines not unique. Not looking forward to fixing it but it has to look as nice as yours does or it will drive me crazy.

I don't remember if the fenders were hanging lower then the rocker when i first got this truck but it also drives me nuts when i see trucks that guys put tons of money and labor in it and the lines don't line up. It took some massaging to make then line up good. That why you want to set and mock-up everything the way you want before it time for paint. Its all in what the eye perceives.

**JML55** · 12-19-2010, 12:58 AM

More body work this weekend. Well like most guys here i had gaps issues at the cowl and top of the fender area so I welded a 3/16 spacer at the edge of the cowl so the gap between the fender wouldn't look so large. Had to do this only on pass side ,drv side is good.
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**JML55** · 12-19-2010, 01:17 AM

I have been wanting to replace the pass door for a while now but cannot find an other one in better shape. There was a lot of warpage in the lower part from old rust repairs and to much blasting i think. So there we go I'm making my own door skin. Cut the old skin off today, fixed all the edges. The bottom was quite rusty. AT the same time i fixed the lower hinge one nut was striped from having been on and of too many times i guess. Tomorrow I'm going to a friends place he has an English wheel so we'll be putting some curve in the new skin we're making. I put a brace inside at the top where i will be welding the new skin, it will keep it from warping to much.

12-09-2010, 08:47 AM	#1
OKGMC4 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 1,220	Re: 55 2nd serie GMC OK, so has your fender always lined up with the rocker like that or did you have to massage it a bit? My fenders hang below the rocker about 1/4" each side and I've seen this on several trucks before so I know mines not unique. Not looking forward to fixing it but it has to look as nice as yourrs does or it will drive me crazy. __________________ 56 GMC BUILD THREAD: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=368649 69 long bed Chevy turned 67 gmc jimmy roadster: https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=851167

12-19-2010, 12:58 AM	#3
JML55 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fannystelle, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 849	Re: 55 2nd serie GMC More body work this weekend. Well like most guys here i had gaps issues at the cowl and top of the fender area so I welded a 3/16 spacer at the edge of the cowl so the gap between the fender wouldn't look so large. Had to do this only on pass side ,drv side is good. __________________ Jean-Marc Lacasse 57 GMC 55 GMC 55 Belair 99 S10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=316140 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=806011

12-19-2010, 01:17 AM	#4
JML55 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fannystelle, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 849	Re: 55 2nd serie GMC I have been wanting to replace the pass door for a while now but cannot find an other one in better shape. There was a lot of warpage in the lower part from old rust repairs and to much blasting i think. So there we go I'm making my own door skin. Cut the old skin off today, fixed all the edges. The bottom was quite rusty. AT the same time i fixed the lower hinge one nut was striped from having been on and of too many times i guess. Tomorrow I'm going to a friends place he has an English wheel so we'll be putting some curve in the new skin we're making. I put a brace inside at the top where i will be welding the new skin, it will keep it from warping to much. Attached Images __________________ Jean-Marc Lacasse 57 GMC 55 GMC 55 Belair 99 S10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=316140 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=806011



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