1971 dodge dart body panel gaps
I really don't see anything to be concerned about there. The gap is a little bit on the wide side, but, it's nothing at all out of the ordinary. The body panel gaps on these cars weren't great right from the factory.
You could try loosening up all the fender mounting bolts and sliding it back a smidge, but that would obviously change how it fits to the front edge of the hood. It looks like the rear of the fender could come out a little too, but again, not much, and that would change the hood gaps. Just looking at how the fender fits to the cowl and door that's all I would do, it looks like it could come back and out just a tiny bit.
People need to forget the idea that the gaps on these cars should all be perfect. They never were to start off with. Maybe a few cars were good, but a lot weren't, and there's no guarantee any particular car can be adjusted to be "perfect".
This is what my '71 Dart GT looks like, and it didn't have any front end damage that would change these gaps.
I really don't see anything to be concerned about there. The gap is a little bit on the wide side, but, it's nothing at all out of the ordinary. The body panel gaps on these cars weren't great right from the factory.
You could try loosening up all the fender mounting bolts and sliding it back a smidge, but that would obviously change how it fits to the front edge of the hood. It looks like the rear of the fender could come out a little too, but again, not much, and that would change the hood gaps. Just looking at how the fender fits to the cowl and door that's all I would do, it looks like it could come back and out just a tiny bit.
People need to forget the idea that the gaps on these cars should all be perfect. They never were to start off with. Maybe a few cars were good, but a lot weren't, and there's no guarantee any particular car can be adjusted to be "perfect".
This is what my '71 Dart GT looks like, and it didn't have any front end damage that would change these gaps.