Front Tire to Fender Gap

I have noticed on my car the distance from my tire to the metal of the front fender is longer on left than right.

I measure the wheel base identical so I conclude the front fenders are not symetrical.

A lot of photos seem to show this on other cars (photos from eBay car below)

Are all Dinos like this?
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It's a Scaglietti-built vintage car, right ? Nothing on it coach work is supposed to symmetrical. If you can't find anything else off, it's likely to have been subjected to major body repairs one time or another during its life

 

Wasn't 04798 in a very serious accident and lengthy repair?

 

I've always wondered if USA cars should sag a little more in the front end as they use the same spring as a Euro GT but have all the extra weight of the mandated reinforcements in the front end of the car in addition to all the other extra weight of a USA model.

 

These cars are like strikingly beautiful women; they are best remembered and admired with a passing glance. Looking too closely will only bring out natural flaws that detract from the whole of the package.

 

I concur Rob, where have you ever seen a symmetrical woman. That is Dino for you.

Never have been concerned with symmetry, as long as they are both C's...
But that, is only my preference

Regards

 

Guys, for the Dino to be a woman, it would have to be Sophia Loren, 1957, in 'Boy on a Dolphin'.

 

I think you fellas may have misread this.

I find the flaws endearing.

Especially if they are endemic.

 

Sorry to dredge up this old thread, but someone, someday may search the serial number and get the wrong impression.

04798 had a bare metal respray, done for me, more than 10 years ago. At that time, there was quite a bit of rust, but no indication that the car had EVER been in a serious accident. The respray was undertaken after a minor debt to the left front, near the headlight, left me with no choice but to strip and respray, as there was ZERO chance to properly match the old paint, and frankly, the insurance company agreed and paid for about 80% of the total cost.

So no, 04798 has not, to my knowledge had a serious accident, although the respray did take considerable time and effort to get right.

D

 

Here is 03660, currently for sale. It appears the front right gap is tighter to the tire than the front left.


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It may be that the picture showing the right side was taken slightly ahead of that showing the left. If so, it could account for the uneven appearing gaps.



Ken

 

Indeed. But there are many cars that appear to have tighter gap on left than right.

 

Did you have to pre-load your bushings to set ride height?

 

I just dunno. Dave, can you chime in?

 

I don't recall.

I do know we went through three suppliers and sets of springs before we got the ride height correct when we rebuilt the suspension.

Oh, you know what? One of the suspension bits was bent up front, don't recall which side,but that might be indicative of a former collision. If they had replaced the other panels, we might not have seen it when we did the body work, and I had forgotten all about it.

D

 

We regularly find when fitting tyres to cars from this period that all the gaps vary from side to side

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres/ferrari/dino.html#page=1

 

This may be camera perspective also.

To my eye, I see the top photo taken in line with the axle and directly out from the hub cap, the lower photo seems to be taken further forward near the marker light.

 

Thank you.
Have you noticed the gap and wheel centering in the Right front fender is not symmetrical on many Dinos?

 

old cars are rubbish.

Have you driven one of those Ford Mondeo's. they are bloomin brilliant.. They start, the brakes work, they don't use much petrol, they have air con, etc.

I drove into work in the burgundy one this morning -

 

It's Italian. Say no more.

Virna Lisi or Gina Lollobrigida if she was otherwise engaged

 

Have you seen this brilliant bit of Italian marketing on this web page https://www.cinturato.net/

My favourite bit is when the truck driver is having his lunch. Oh how the world has changed.

 

I have seen that. The Italian lunch is pretty classic.

 

I'm not sure anyone would make an advert with one of the stars of the advert drinking a magnum of red wine while driving a lorry.