Body to frame alignment

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455cutlass

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Oct 26, 2008
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Anybody who has done a frame off on a g body i'm looking for some info on this.I have the body set back on the frame i was wondering where is the best place to take measurements from to line the body back up.
 
when I did mine I measured along the the inside of the rocker panel to the frame. Kept them equal along both sides and parallel to the frame and it worked out just fine. My rear wheels have the identical space between each rear wheel and inside of the wheel house.
 
I thought of a problem I had when putting the body back on. The bolts were not long enough to grab the threads of the anchor so I bought a couple of bolts just a bit longer so I could pull the body down and get the bolt in the mount in the middle of the two mounts with the longer bolts. I was able to use the proper length bolts in the end. I have not heard of anyone else having that issue so it might have just been something I did but I thought I would mention it
 
I also had to use longer bolts to start.. I also had to spread my rear tail extension slightly to get rear bolts in
 
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