
With the engine bay pretty much finished it was time to put the fenders on, they were a nightmare to line up with the cowl and the doors.
I'd always struggled with the hood hinge to fender brace flapping around and scratching the paint which always struck me as a useless design flaw on the 57. I made a couple of simple stainless plates to cure this.
The doors at the front are a bit too far out on the cowl so I'll try and adjust these in a touch, along with the the fenders. I'll do this when the cars finished when it's out the garage and I've got room to open the doors wide to get to the bolts.
We've got a small trailer for our camping kit so needed a tow bar. After a google search I didn't find any solution that I was realy keen on for the 57. The answer was sitting on our daily car, our 2006 Dodge Magnum R/T has a vertical receiver hitch that is hidden behind the plastic bumper so hats off to Mopar for that. I made one up in similar fashion which you can't see when the ball mount's not fitted.
I picked up my one piece front bumper from Vehicle and General who are highly recommended. It has a couple of thin patches where it's a touch yellow so it'll go back at some point but it's fine for now and it's now on the car so it's staying put.