Front end Panel Alignment

The Dr came over tonight, and we attacked my panel alignment issues.
With the bolts out of the core support I could not move the core support left or right.
So we took off the bumper, I had it loosened anyway. Easily done.
once off, bingo, we could slide the core support... but not quite enough.
Had to elongate the holes for the mounts a little, but everything is square now.
There's nothing obvious, but the car must have had a smack at some point to be off that much....

Although, I never thought about it before now, it was off the chassis, I wonder is the body on straight!? Oh well, it all looks pretty now.
Before we started, the passenger fender was a good 1/2" longer than the hood, but OK on the drivers side.
After we moved the core support, we loosened the hood to hinge bolts, and squared up all the gaps
We put the grill back on and it fit nicely.
Put the bumper back on and had to elongate the holes for that too but its nice an even on both sides now.

The best part now is that I have no more fender rubbing with the 'steam roller' tires!
Previously I had 1/8" space while turning on the passenger side and rubbing on the drivers side.
I put 9/16" worth of washers under the core support to bring it up for alignment.
Now Ive got 1/2" clearance for the tires while turning.. Bonus!






I also took off the rocker moldings as the 'strip' that it hooks on to from the rocker to the fender is missing. I got some repro pieces so I'll get them on, then the rocker moldings should fit nicer too.

New carb (3rd time's a charm) should be here this week
I have the choke setup mocked up on my bench with the old carb and it works beautifully when heated with the heat gun.