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I have a 1948 F1 /F47 that came as parts lot and had been to more than one body shop !!. A lot of front fender repair has been done. I am trying to piece the front together , and have a 3/4 inch gap between the nose/ latch panel and the fenders. Looks to me that the problem is the radiator / inner fender support must be wrong . Can somebody please give me the measurement across the top of the support to the inner fenders. I might have a different / earlier model maybe that is making the fenders too wide. Thank you in advance.
The measurement I'm after is the one between the two black arrows. (Across the radiator support). Other picture shows me pointing to the gaps I have and don't want!
Any suggestions and measurements would be great thankyou.
Russell
I've put mine together there and taken it apart several times. I always put the inner fender 'inside' the front facia where you have yours on the outside, 'near' the fender. Try this a try and see if the gap is better. Mine fits up quite tight. Back off the fender bolts to give yourself some room to jiggle it a bit. You'll probably solve the gap. Cheers.
No I did not assemble before installing on the frame. I loosely fitted the inner fenders, then the fenders followed by the grille panels , discovered the gap and can't see how to get rid of it. I wonder if the radiator support could be from earlier model ? Thanks
Thanks Abe, but that was the easy part. I went back out there and tried to get the 49 8N Tractor started, but it wanted no part of that. I have a carb kit for it getting delivered this afternoon, so I'm hoping the carb rebuild will straighten that out.
Thanks for your reply . The measurement across the radiator support (at the arrows) is 28 & 7/8 inches. The cup thing in the middle has been a electrical relay , bet it was water tight !!!
So I would disassemble the front clip and reassemble in a different sequence. Might be best to build the entire clip and then install on the frame. If that isn't possible, then loosely assemble from front to back.
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