Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

69_340_GTS said
Can't you just elongate the mounting holes? Only 1/8" per side seems very feasible.
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69_340_GTS said

I remember at a machine shop I once worked , we had some 4" gas pipe manifolds to weld together, had to allow a lot of extra material for shrinkage. It was a real trial & error process but once we figured it out you could very accurately predict the shrinkage factor.

Good luck with however you decide to fix it!
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I appreciate the suggestion GTS. I could elongate those holes but I've got a little less meat on those ends than the factory had. Spence was already pointing that out as a flaw. If I did elongate the holes it'd put them even closer to the ends and I suspect he'll have me re-doing it again. He's sort of picky. I guess I've been letting him make the final decisions on things because it's his car. - Now if he'd just start paying me for the labor...