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68 Mustang #15 New Hood, Rear Axle problem

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 I moved the car from the hoist to the center bay where the overhead electric hoist is to handle the hood install and to try to set the front wheel alignment. Below is the caster/camber tool I got at Amazon and got the camber set pretty close using the excentric adjustment on the lower control arm. I fabricated a top-in tool from some left-over metal framing material, from a picture I saw on Facebook, that bolts to the front wheel hubs. Slots were cut at the bottom ends to hold the tape measures and adjustment made by turning the sleeves on the steering arms. The front of the wheel is 1/16 closer than the back measurement. A string line was strung from back to front with the string touching the back and front of the rear tire, steering wheel was set to center then measurements taken from string line to front jig to set the front wheels parallel to the back. A new hood, without turn signal or hold-down pins, was ordered from CJ Pony Parts that I called and put on customer pick-up as...