Fender fit

[Cbridgewater]

I’m having trouble with my passenger fender for my 72 challenger. It’s a used fender that overall is in great shape, but... when bolting the fender up, the bottom takes quite a bit of force to bolt up. Attached are photos of it bolted at the top, not at bottom. Also photos of a straight edge against the top edge of the wheel opening (brown is passenger, white is drivers). The drivers fender fits perfect!

 

[70chall440]

It appears that something is tweaked a bit, not at all uncommon given the age of the cars and their associated parts. Can you get it bolted up? If you can, how does it line up?

 

[budascuda]

Install the valance too, usually, when every thing is bolted up, the problems present themselves clearly.