I'm installing a new export brace on my '69 Fastback and it looks like the towers have settled inwards. I'm planning on pick up a bottle jack and spreading the towers, I just want to get them back to factory specs. Could someone (preferably with a solid stock-ish car) measure the distance from the inner edge (closest to the tower) of the engine apron centered over the shock tower to the edge of the opposite engine apron, also centered on the shock tower?

 

Just jack up the front end man. Measure your export brace. It should be the correct width.. I had to let my car sit on stands for a day before the monte carlo bar would go in.. and then i put a foot on one side and pushed the other with my hands to help spread it.. The bar dropped in with a little gentle taping with a mallet. Then bolted up. I know its a monte carlo bar, but its the same type of problem..

 

If i get a chance I will measure mine tomorrow morning before work, so i can give you the numbers.

 

Thanks, I've tried jacking it up but I think the driver side tower has settled inward almost an inch.