[bbbentley]

"...just "jack off" the rocker..." Uh, I could say so much humorously, but I actually want to learn myself how to do these alignments. I am not refuting your advice Jason, because I do not have the experience with aligning, but a couple of questions would be: 1) how would jacking in that area help, if when relaxed (jack removed), would not everything return to the pre-jacked position? 2) My experience is with 1st gen. Camaros and the factory assembly process had the front sheet metal installed first, yes the cowl attaching points are strong enough to support the front sheet metal hanging without additional support, I am told. Then, the sub frame was raised under the car in assembly process. So, this being the case that the s.frame is irrelevant in the initial assembly alignment, how would the s.frame affect s.metal alignment now, in the restoration process?
My reference is as follows:
<span style="font-weight: bold">Assembly Process by John Hinkley</span>, published on the <span style="font-weight: bold">CRG</span> site, &quot;The &quot;buck-built&quot; front clip was lowered into place with an overhead hoist; two operators guided it into position, pulling the rear of the fenders outboard to clear the side shroud &quot;saddlebags&quot; on the body as the assembly moved rearward. The hook was then released and the hoist went back upstairs to pick up the next assembly. At this point, operator skill became critical as the shim packs were made up and stuffed in place for the top, front, side, and bottom fender-to-body attachments to achieve the correct gap and flush fits between the fenders and the body.

Establishing a perfectly square hood opening was critical, as the hood was &quot;trapped&quot; on all four sides by the header, fenders, and cowl vent grille; a special &quot;hood squaring fixture&quot; was dropped in place. It had two pins at the rear that went into the two holes in the cowl just inboard of the fenders (the ones with the little black plastic plugs in them), two pins at the front that engaged the two holes in the top of the radiator support just inboard of the diagonal brace attachments, and locator blocks on the sides for the fenders. Once the fender fit points at the rear were properly shimmed and secured, the squaring fixture was removed, and the front end was ready for the hood.

The last step prior to hood installation was to retrieve the antenna body from the R.H. hinge pillar and install it to the fender.&quot;