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Asking a favor from the group! I'm finally getting around to putting the front sheet metal on my 56 Olds-Mad. Now, I bought this car COMPLETELY disassembled, and haven't worked on one in a very long time. I do have a parts and accessories book, and a shop manual for the 56, but neither shows detail about how to put it together. Adding to the problems, is that I subframed the car, so the inner wheel wells, and radiator support need to be modified to fit. So, trial fitting these parts isn't an easy task. I modified the rad support, shown here, and it fits between the frame rails now. But it the upper bar that bolts to it, doesn't seem to be wide enough for the fenders to bolt to it (as in so many other 50's cars). The bottoms of the fenders do not have a place to bolt to the body, but it looks like there might be an additional angled piece to bridge the gap? The car had some rust/rot, and the previous owner had done some crude patch work on it, so I'm not completely sure of anything!
Anyone have pics of how this goes together? Especially rad support to fenders, inner wells, and such, and any braces, brackets you need to make it work.
These books reflect all the parts available from GM the year they were published .
Coverage will taper down the farther back from the year of publication as parts become obsolete and are discontinued .
Last edited by Charlie Jones; Dec 30, 2021 at 08:34 AM.
These books reflect all the parts available from GM the year they were published .
Coverage will taper down the farther back from the year of publication as parts become obsolete and are discontinued .
Oh wow, this extremely helpful and badass, a lot of good exploded diagrams in there. Thank you.
Last edited by Ihatefiberglass; Dec 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM.
Oh wow, this extremely helpful and badass, a lot of good exploded diagrams in there. Thank you.
I rebuilt the front end of my '55 several years ago, and have extensive pictures. Let me know if you'd like the set. PM me and I can send you the pics directly via email. The '55 should be mostly the same if not identical.
I was more than a bit worried about remembering how to put things back together!
