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I'm thinking that there may be a technicality here that is causing this issue with Wilkinson? He is very knowledgeable and I find it difficult to believe he is intentionally steering everyone wrong?
On the ORIGINAL GT4 cars, does the original tire sit with a 1.5"setback over the edge of the tire?
You guys are expecting the tire to sit in a different relationship to the fender lip? You are expecting it to fill the fender more fully they it ever did originally from the factory?
No one here has ever posted pictures showing and original car to my knowledge? I don't know where you would find that, but I haven't seen that at all?
The best shot I can think of is the Warren Tope car sitting outside Ford World Headquarters when the car was new?
I'm thinking that the factory may have set back the tire into the fender to have a similar relationship of fender to tire like the 427 Comp Cobras did? Those things looked like they belonged on the Batmobile because the tire looked so small and incorrect originally and the first owners changed the rear tires to fill up the rear fenders more fully?
Look at how Dave Adlers comp car is with the tire to fender clearances in the front?