Body not sitting straight

Panteras are known to often not be exact side to side mirror images.

It is likely your car was built this way, not damaged.

I doubt anyone would ever notice the difference unless they had a tape measure with them.

Personally, I think this is a non-issue.

Larry

I'm with Larry on this one, if it were me I would conduct a 4 wheel alignment, set rear toe and if it all lines out call it good.

I don't like spacers, consider getting a set of 10" rear wheels and using the 8" wheels on the front, it will likely better achieve the overall look.

Julian

I am whit Larry and Julian , that's the way the Italian are build cars in the past .

An other isseu is that almost all of the RH door window cannels on the doors are out of line whit the door

Simon

I fundamentally agree with you all. #3371 was bought so I have a template to rebuild #2417 which will be a bar—no—expense rebuild. Nevertheless, I have made countless improvements on #3371 and I noticed this difference using a ruler. The 10 inchers will go on #2417. #3371 will have to get the 1 inch spacers for the most cost effective visual improvement as it will go up for sale as soon as #2417 is finished.
So the bottom line is the body can‘t be shimmed into alignment, right?

My view of the universe would be something like
1 be sure the wheels are in line with each other
2 hope the frame is in line with the 4 wheels
3 tweak the sheet metal to fit the wheels
I see the sheet metal with respect to the wheels at the very best will be off just from tolerance stacking, however much more so from pure tolerance in symmetry of the sheet metal

I would assume the 10mm you measured is more of a sheet metal thing and maybe something you could tug/push by hand

Thanks JFB, I was actually thinking the body could be shimmed into alignment, but I gather this is not possible.

It really depends if your problem is created by the fenders/body or chassis rails. For the first one if all the wheel alignments are correct I'd leave well alone. The second may be helped with some adjustable chassis braces to pull/push everything back in alignment.

The only shimming is at the lower rear a-arm mountings to correct for wheel alignment (toe and camber) and I've seen Pantera's with an inch or more of spacing on one side. The challenge is the upper a-arm is fixed, so you alter alignment in shimming, but you could purchase some aftermarket adjustable upper a-arms and then between those and the lower shims you should be able to gain a certain amount of adjustment outward and maintain alignment settings.

Whatever you do it has to be done in conjunction with a 4 wheel alignment and for best results combined with corner weighting.

Julian

Joules, what is corner weighting and should the body be level left to right and front to back?
And if so, with the driver sitting in the car and fully tanked?

Corner weighting is putting the car on a set of race scales under each wheel and adjusting the suspension to achieve a balanced weighting, most would conduct that with the driver in the car and half tank of fuel (average).

The Pantera has a 60/40 Rear/Front weight distribution (more specifically 59/412 for a Pre-L), so you will be targeting side to side equivalency in weight and ride height.