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Rustomod ….

 

[BDK]

I stopped in and had a visit with X fire today. He is still working on his 58 sedan delivery and it is coming along just fine. He took a three year hiatus as the covid vaccine had a severely negative on his health. He is mostly recovered now. He is a real wealth of knowledge on 58 Chevrolets.

 

[Dave91TM]

I stopped in and had a visit with X fire today. He is still working on his 58 sedan delivery and it is coming along just fine. He took a three year hiatus as the covid vaccine had a severely negative on his health. He is mostly recovered now. He is a real wealth of knowledge on 58 Chevrolets.

Does he perhaps know why so many restored 58 chevies have misaligned trim and front bumpers, otherwise known as CTS ?

 

[Rruuff Day]

I stopped in and had a visit with X fire today. He is still working on his 58 sedan delivery and it is coming along just fine. He took a three year hiatus as the covid vaccine had a severely negative on his health. He is mostly recovered now. He is a real wealth of knowledge on 58 Chevrolets.

That's great. Was wondering how Michael has been doing. Haven't seen him since a car swap meet in Red deer years ago.

 

[BDK]

Does he perhaps know why so many restored 58 chevies have misaligned trim and front bumpers, otherwise known as CTS ?

This is what x fire has to say about CTS. This is a direct quote.
As far as the front bumper alignment in the 58 , sounds weird but you have to start with lining up the front door to the body , then the fender to the door , then the 2 pot metal moldings below the headlights of which the short horizontal one can be difficult to get level and then align the bumper to it. The bumper is very flexible actually and the holes let you move it around but all things mentioned add up to the end result of getting that level parallel gap you pointed out to me. It's a very common thing to see them off a bit, if not tight then the bumper will even move over time or if a bumper jack was used to lift the car then that could even throw out the alignment.

 

[Murray20c8]

A bumper jack! Wow, does that bring back memories!

 

[Dave91TM]

This is what x fire has to say about CTS. This is a direct quote.
As far as the front bumper alignment in the 58 , sounds weird but you have to start with lining up the front door to the body , then the fender to the door , then the 2 pot metal moldings below the headlights of which the short horizontal one can be difficult to get level and then align the bumper to it. The bumper is very flexible actually and the holes let you move it around but all things mentioned add up to the end result of getting that level parallel gap you pointed out to me. It's a very common thing to see them off a bit, if not tight then the bumper will even move over time or if a bumper jack was used to lift the car then that could even throw out the alignment.

Thanks so much BDK and Xfire. I will sleep much better now. I would never have thought the process would be front door, then fender then trim align, however it still strikes me as a time and patience thing to line up and, if you've paid big bucks for a resto, things be should lined up. On the other hand no shop can control what happens once the resto leaves. At least now we know why and I can quit complaining about CTS.(LOL)

 

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58 . X 2

 

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Sweet.

 

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56 Chevy 3100 . 1,000 hp small block.

 

[BDK]

58 Chevy 3100 . 1,000 hp small block.
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But it must be a 57.... The 58 had quad headlights...

 

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But it must be a 57.... The 58 had quad headlights...

You mean like this one ? Good catch. The one above is actually a 56 but I liked it anyway, lol.

1958 Chevy Apache on Air Suspension​