Hi Everyone I have been part of stove bolt for over 3-1/2 years since I purchased my 1952 Chevy 3100 and still working on it. Finished most of the metal work and started lining up the panels again. Mainly the front end with a new rad support (the old one was cracked and been welded up ) What I really would like to know and I do have the factory assembly manual and shop manuals is the procedure on how to line up the front end. So basically I stripped every panel and did all my rust repair and am starting to put panels back together. First I started with bolting the rad support on tight then tried to bold the inner fenders and front fenders but getting the holes to line up in the rad support was not easy.(too much force) So then I figured leave everything loose and start bolting up all the panels. Then I tried the hood on. Now I am kinda stuck in which way to go. Do you start by tightening up the fenders and see how they line up to the hood? Or should everything be tightened up and then shim what is out based on the gaps. Also should I have the front grill bolted in when lining up the fenders to hood? Too many questions so little space. I would appreciate if anyone could give me some basic steps to follow to assemble the front end of a 1952 Chevy 3100 and line up panels and gaps. I attached some photo's of where I'm at , gaps are not good yet.
