Was wondering if anyone on here ever had a problem with one tire been closer than the other to the fender?. I have a 1970 Chevelle SS and all dimesions look ok but one wheel sits closer to one fender than the other by an 1" all brakets and upper and lower arms and bushing look ok. Any Ideas? Was getting ready to get new wheels and know i'm back to square one with this problem.
Thanks

Its a common problem with these cars. Nothing wrong. Just factory tolerances. Mine was about 3/4" difference. I installed a spacer behind the right wheel.

need to check that the body is square on the frame, it may be that the body has shifted on the frame. the body bushing bolts can be loosened and the body repositioned on the frame to even out the wheel to fender gaps.
this may not work if the car has a roll bar/cage attached to the frame.

A friend of mine had a 67 Camaro race car years ago that someone altered the upper control arms by cutting and welding to move 1 fwd and the other back to cheat on the lights at the strip. It's probably not the case with your car but was a pretty creative trick I thought!:D

Got the same problem on my '69, with one front wheel being about 1/4" - 3/8" closer to the wheel well than the other. The hood gap is nice and even all the way around, so it seems like I can't really adjust the front clip without throwing something else off. It's a bit annoying, but considering the tolerances in general I'm not surprised.

But a full inch seems a bit excessive, so you might want to measure the front clip and the frame and see if something is out of whack. I believe the dimensions can be found in the Fisher Body manual.

I have the exact same issue with my car. But even worse is my tire rubs on my fender on that one side when I turn corners. My hood spacing is a bit off on that side as well, but I'd have to move the fender even closer to get the gap right. I was considering getting a smaller wheel, I have 15x8 on the front now, to "fix" the problem.

What measurements should I take to try and see what's not square?

seems like alot of people are having this problem !!. what do you all have in common, did you all do frame off restoration?? ,1/4 of a inch off is all it takes. and are you mix matching wheels. because there alot of different back spacing, used

Would the caster adjustment have anything to do with the problem? Caster tilts the wheel back at the top for positive caster I believe.
Just a thought.

I would check the wheels for the same back space. 1 inch sounds like a lot. 1/4 3/8 ok but 1 inch?
Bill

I have this same problem on my 66'. My drivers side front tire is noticeably closer to the fender than the passenger side. I've owned several cars and when I push the offset to the limit on whatever wheel I decide to put on it always seemed to rub more on one side vs. the other. On my S2000 it was the passenger side. Weird.

Anyway, on my 66' I noticed there was a huge imbalance resulting from an overuse of Caster/Camber adjustment shims. They are U shaped shims placed on the top control arm. I've never heard of such a thing until I saw it with my own eyes. I can't wait to get the SC&C upper control Arms. Once that was corrected my camber was right again and no rub.