Greg, I guess I just wanted to talk. And I appreciate the input from everybody on this forum. Two heads are better than one and no man is a mountain. I work totally alone. there is no one around here to tell me what im doing wrong and sometimes you can look at something straight in the face for hours or days and not see the leaves on the trees. metal and body work is an art form, it is a sculpture. You know where your going with, but sometimes you don't know yet how your going to get there. So bring on the opinions, it only improves the process.
Bundy, Yes, I could reswage the swage line, But.... It would distroy much of the work I have already done. I thought about that in the beginning and decided not to. My dememsions and fit especially on the lower edge would be off and have to be rebuilt. This fender has taken alone time. Because it is the worse I have ever run into. I backed up and redid things a couple of times. I believe the other side will go faster. If the swage line is off there, (i haven't spent much time with it yet to know just what will be off, but i know it is much like this side.) I may move it first before I do anything else.
But you see, I take the best fit or the part that has to be just where it is. Then that is the fixed point. Everything else has to move. So the swage line is the least problematic. I want to get other things where they belong, then see were the swage line falls.
Greg, one thing I decided when I was disassembling this car. the shrouds are in perfect condition and their fit and joint bond is excellent. I decided not to take the shrouds off or separate the joint. I'll make the fender fit the car, not the car fit the fender. The curve of the rear shroud is very nice and I don't need to disturb that. Having said that, I think you are going to make me revisit this. I may be able to push the shroud just a tad without having to separate much of the joint.
as can be seen in the pics. the distance from the top of the fender to the swage is not the same as the distance from the top of the door to the swage. I have the door matching the height and curve of the fender in every way except the swage line is off. Well we'll see, I'll chew on this awhile.