I just put 2 bolts in the top of the fender to hold it while sanding so the gap is way off however the first 2 Morrison Cook cars have what has been referred to as a "drooped nose" where the whole front dog house is pulled down so even once the fender is back is place the gap will still be a little wider at the top than the bottom. One of the guys who drove our Firehawk car back in the 80's asked me if I had figured out how it was done as they wondered how it got through tech.