[J48chevy]

Originally Posted by joedoh

it looks like your front clip is pointing down in relation to the cab. this is my guess because there is a gap at the back of the hood and the hood is overhanging the front of the fender. I set up a lot of front clips and this is always the result when the front clip is pointing down.

take your core support loose at the BOTTOM ONLY, where it attaches to the frame and jack the whole front of the clip up an inch or so, I bet it fixes your misalignment.

how this can happen on a stock frame is: replacing the floor/ front body mounts without bracing the cab, or sagging rear body mounts, or anything that makes the cab sit crooked (firewall slightly pointing up). it could also be the front of the stock frame has the frame rails bent down, either from 70 years of use or from the MII install. take a picture straight from the side standing back a ways, you will be able to see if the cab is pointing up or the front is pointing down. use the bed/running boards as a witness, the gap between the cab and running board should be even front to back, and all horizontal lines (door window bottom edge, style lines on the front and rear fenders, bed top edge, running boards, bottom of cab) should be PARALLEL.

Will give this a try. Seems pretty level from front to back on hood gap. The entire hood needs to move back about 1” and down about the same. Cab seems to be lined up good with gap to running boards as well. I have a few more pics showing the hinges and gaps on both sides. Just didn’t know if I needed to reem out holes for hinges to slide down and back a little or not.