#4 Body mount shim stack for 63's

[Boyan B.]

Re: #4 Body mount shim stack for 63's

Tracy, I have a May 14th built 63. I have 2 shims on the drivers side, rear mount and have NO shims on the passenger side mount. As an added note, I have up to 6 shims on the mounts at the #2 location.

Boyan

[Tracy C.]

Re: #4 Body mount shim stack for 63's

Tracy, I have a May 14th built 63. I have 2 shims on the drivers side, rear mount and have NO shims on the passenger side mount. As an added note, I have up to 6 shims on the mounts at the #2 location.

Boyan

Thank you Boyan, I think I will end up with a similar arrangment.

I've already cross checked the mounts for level and they are all good. My plan is to leave the shims out at #3 in front of the rear wheels and shim up the #1 mounts at the firewall to 5 or 6 apiece. I'll then lower the body over some encapsulated modeling clay on top of the #2 mounts under the door sills to determine the gap there and add shims as required to fill that gap.

The #4 mounts and those under the core support are easy to access with the body on the frame and I will just fill the resultant gaps after the box section is bolted down for the last time. The core support has some adjustability as well, I'll lower it to minimize shim count there.

The cushions under the floor pan are also easy to reach so I'll make adjustments by sanding down the rubber or adding shims as required at this location.

Thanks for everyones input and Tim for the pictures.

tc