Quote Originally Posted by Chainsaw View Post
So we pulled to body back off and I went to work. I cut as much of the trunk sheet floor metal as I though I could get away with, about 0.5"+ and trimmed the front edge of the cockpit (1/4"). I also rehung the top of the radiator from the back of the 3/4" tube to move the radiator back some and I moved the breeze lower mount around to let the radiator shroud rest on it.
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This put the radiator back to 41 degrees but it's still sitting proud of the quick jack mount and I think the radiator is still sitting too low. I'm still sorting out ideas for raising the radiator a bit as there's an inch+ that I can move it up & back. Assuming the quick jack holes are in the right place (see lasse2's post above), lower sheet metal that goes between the lower rad opening in the body and the radiator lower flange won't be in a good place, but maybe a workable place. We'll have to put the body back on to see.
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Just a quick note here. I did use the Breeze hinge at the top but I don't think the Breeze lower radiator bracket will work properly with the 289 body unless it has a large range of adjustment. The radiator needs to sit at a much shallower angle to line up with the body.

I had to trim a fair amount off the rear trunk aluminum to get the body to go forward. With the body on, I traced a line about 3/4" further forward. The line I traced wasn't parallel with the edge of the aluminum piece because the body is not perfectly symmetrical. I included space for the bulb seal in my math.

I removed as much of the rolled edge at the dash as I could and still maintain the full radius. I was worried about how it would look against the dash but it doesn't bother me at all. I think I mentioned it before but I had to shim the passenger door hinge back about a quarter inch and added a rounded notch in the body where the hinges make contact to get the doors to fully open. It looks fine now and I don't think about it.