[DM3]

So I am 4 years into this rebuild. The car is finally far enough along that it can be driven.

So, while driving, if I go over a larger bump, I started hearing a loud metal banging sound, only every once in a while. Well this weekend it hit so bad it cut the tire and bent the inside of the drivers side fender on the front side.

So the back story, I had all the body work done at a muscle car shop. My buddy picked up the car with his trailer and took it to his house where we proceeded to install the motor, trans, brakes, exhaust, etc... to get it road worthy. After welding in the frame stiffeners, he happen to check the frame bolts, they were ALL loose. So if you look at the pics attached, the alignment holes do not line up, drivers side is worse than pass side. So we assume when the car was loaded onto the trailer, the subframe was tweaked a bit since the body shop didn't tighten down any of the body mounting bolts. Weird thing is the fender and door gaps are good.

So, has anyone else ran into this with a car fulled loaded up with motor, etc... I realize we will have to cut the welds on the subframe stiffeners, loosen up the body bolts, exhaust, gas lines, etc.

How did you move the subframe with the motor in the car?

Any help and/or suggests would be greatly appreciated.

Dirk