The '72 project car I recently purchased is mostly disassembled. I'm in the midst of trial fitting various parts so that I know how they go together and what kind of alignment aggravation I might be facing.
The rear deck lid is a problem.
1. On of the threaded nuts or plates that is "captured" in the roof to accept the hinge bolts is turning freely in there. Anyone know what those look like, exactly, and have any suggestions short of cutting the ceiling open to fix it?
2. The hinges are welded on to the deck lid. The trial fit of the deck lid shows that the deck lid is too far aft,,leaving a gap at the front edge and hanging past the back edge of the car about 1/4". However..the hinge centers are in hard contact with the drip edge and cannot be moved forward without cutting that edge away. This seems odd...I'm frairly certain that the deck lid is the one that was originally on the car..?
3. Searching this forum section, I found discussion of the need for hinge shims to align the lid in the vertical direction..so that much looks OK..
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