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    2/25/2014 3:28 PM  #1

    MS
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    From: Canyon Lake, Texas
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    To GAP or NOT TO GAP... THAT is the question

    For 64-1/2 thru 66 owners only.
    Does your car have a gap between the top of the fender and the cowl, where the vent slots are, or is it jammed up tight against the cowl with no gap at all?

     


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    2/25/2014 5:34 PM  #2

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    Re: To GAP or NOT TO GAP... THAT is the question

    I can only give you the measurements.  The two fenders are different.  The original fender that came with the car has no gap.  The repro that Calif Mustang gave me a slight rebate on after installation and painting varies from zero to about 1/4".

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    2/25/2014 8:32 PM  #3

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    Re: To GAP or NOT TO GAP... THAT is the question

    Mine has NO gap because I beat-it-that-way! Got sorta anal about fixing my gaps. I have spent days working on them.(they are both aftermarket so they bend pretty EZ!) 
    The aftermarket driver door required  many swats with a BFH on a piece of 2X4 to "flatten it " to close gap on DLE. The pas door(I installed pre-anal days) is just plain worng and can't be made "perfect".
    I made sure there was zero gap between cowl and fender AND fender edge goes UNDER the windsheild ss trim.
    Sorry to get so long winded!
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    2/26/2014 7:28 AM  #4

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    Re: To GAP or NOT TO GAP... THAT is the question

    Our's was very tight...probably a 1/16.  Butt (TS&T), with the new cowl and replacement OEM left fender, who knows what it'll want to do.  I prefer none or the least possible in that area....like the rear cowl but, of course, without the seam seal.

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    2/27/2014 2:40 PM  #5

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    Re: To GAP or NOT TO GAP... THAT is the question

    On my '66, there is a 1/8 gap. If it was less than that, it would make the gap between the hood and the fenders very close, if not rub against each other. I guess it depends on how much gap you want for the hood.  

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