[jasonL78]

Albert,
I am not sure if my rotisserie is an auto twirler I bought it used? But like you said it looks like one. At first I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to mount the fenders because of the front braces on the rotisserie. But they fell exactly where the wheels would be. Obviously with the fenders mounted you are limited to how far you can rotate the car. But it was enough that I could block sand the rockers comfortably without bending over to far. If you have restored a car without a rotisserie and then you get one for the next project I will guarantee you will never go back without it. They are great and well worth the money. I don’t know how many times I said to myself I should have bought one of these 3 projects ago.

So to answer your question I used the core support to hold the fenders in place. I used all four fender mounting bolts in the rear of the fender to get the fender all aligned with the door. Then I bolted the core support to hold the front of the fenders in place 2 bolts on each side. The only thing I have to do before I dis-assembly is test fit the hood. I am going to put the car on the lift and take the car off the rotisserie for this. But I don’t think I am going to have an alignment problem but better safe than sorry later. I will shoot some pictures tomorrow for you Albert.

Someone informed me that a lot of people have a hard time aligning the fenders up on Camaros and Novas because of the uni-body. Actually the front fenders are part of the front support structure. A tip for anyone trying to align your fenders with the sub-frame mounted to the car. I had a hard time in the past getting my fender to door gaps to be equal. Most of the time the top was to tight and bottom gap was way out. This is due to the sub-frame sagging to the back of the car. The easiest way to solve this problem is take the weight off the sub-frame by lifting around the rocker and putting a jack stand under it to hold the weight of the body. It will save you a ton of time aligning your fenders. It really works.

I blocked the car out for the second time yesterday, both sides look great! Just a couple of small imperfections, I think I had 4 on the passenger side and three on the driver’s side. Not bad for a non-body guy. (LOL) So two more coats of primer then I feel the car will be ready for the final finish sand with 600.

But not to knock what Albert said that the cars look great with new primer because they do. It’s all the time spent blocking the car out IMHO that makes a paint job pop. I could have easily final sanded the car with the second coat of primer but I may have never found those 7 Imperfections. I feel its time well spent.