I'm thinking about taking a cutoff wheel and making cuts and then bending the sections up. Does this sound like it will work?thanks.
britt

I don't think your paint is going to bend.
The only suggestion I can make would be to use a heat gun and get the paint really warm.
I still don't think it will work though.

I didn't think it would work. thanks any way
britt

We used a baseball bat! Put it between the tire and fender started at the front and slowly backed the car up letting the bat roll with the tire. We started with the bat in about the middle and it worked really nice for us.

I agree with the baseball bat routine above.. Cut-off wheel and bending it up in sections opens you up to lots of areas for rust to settle in.. Besides, you shouldn't need to cut good sheetmetal unless its an absolutely necessary thing.. Grab a good, beat-up wooden baseball bat and go to town..

Thanks, although I'll probably be too scared to try it. My car is not a show car but it looks pretty good.
britt

STOP!!
If you're doing that on the black car, you're wasting your time.
The wheel house is usually what contacts the tire in these cars. Look inside the quarter and you'll see the rounded inner fender. It's much narrower than the wheel opening. When the suspension compresses the tire rides up into the wheel well and rubs the outer portion of the wheel house.
The outside bodywork has nothing to do with it.
Take the wheel off and use a mid-sized dead blow hammer to massage the wheel house. Don't whack it too hard.

If yours has already been modified, I'll sit down and shut up.

That car is sweet, I would not modify the wheel lip. I have seen warped qtr panels and long faces after such an act.
Taking a baseball bat to your car.... PLEASE re-read that again carefully. Taking a baseball bat to your car.
I would highly suggest you use a tool that allows a controlled result. These cars did not live this long for us to take a short cut that could be very risky. I opted to relocte springs and use custom backspace etc in my Cuda.
Looks like you have about a 295 under there now what is the reason you are wanting to do this? Do they rub?

Wow, that's a nice lookin' 64.

Thanks gy3. The springs are moved inboard. In the pic the rear tires are 325-50's on 11 inch rims. When I had them widened I didn't move the wheel center and it left me with alot of backspace (costly mistake). Any way, I was able to use a 1 inch spacer but I don't like using a spacer. They did rub a little on the inside if I went over a bump or railroad tracks. I'm in the process of getting another set widened and was basically trying to get every little bit of room I can. Feets, I know wahat you mean about the wheelhouse I noticed it yesterday when I was measuring stuff.
britt

Here is what I do and it works good on nice cars as long as you take your time and dont slip. I take a cutter wheel in my air wizzer and I cut a slot very carefully in the lip as I cut from inside and cut the 1/2" or so to to the fender. I make a cut about every 1 inch. The I take a pair of pliers and grab a 1 inch section at a time and slowly bend it up. Then when it close as you cant get it flush with the pliers on it I take the butt end of a hammer handle and push on it very slowly and it pushes the metal flat against the inner 1/4 fenderwell. I never hit the 1/4 I just push on it to get it all the way flush. I have done this many times and it works good. You just need to take your time and by no means rush it. Ron

Thanks for the tips Ron (and every body else). Ron, that pic with the front wheel cheating gravity is bad.
britt

Thank you. Ron