WOW…Thanks to everyone for all the advice. Looks like all agree that the upper grill bars should be parallel to the top of the filler panel (or whatever the piece between the hood and fenders is called). This ought to be a real challenge. As I said above I have not had the front end sheetmetal apart. Each time I go out to the garage I take another close look at it and every time It looks the same; all of the parts, fenders, inner fenders, filler panels, grill, upper grill, inner fender extensions, that dished pan below the rad. and grill are all bolted or in some cases tack welded together. All of the lines and joints look to be in proper alignment except, of course that pesky upper grill. It is obvious that the truck has rattled down about 90,000 miles of dirt roads and several of the front end sheetmetal items have cracked and been repaired. I’m guessing that each of the joints are/ were provided with oversized or slotted holes and once apart the right combination of slot positions will provide the correct alignment. We’ll see ??? All of that may wait till this fall as I want to play with the truck over the summer. And yes Down2sea, as my kids would say they are still trying to get me into the 20th century, then they will try for this one.
