I have been working on my streetrod project for several years now and have most of the individual body parts completed. I need to assemble and align the body parts and this is where I could use some help. The bed is custom fabricated so a bed installation kit is of no use ( note: the truck was oriiginally a 3/4 ton flatbed), the running board center braces were bent slightly when they had support bracing welded to them during the frame and cab repair/modifications. The rear running board braces had to be removed to facilitate my custom, through the running board, side exhaust. This leaves me with only the front running board brace that is still in the correct alignment and location. I am utilizing an original style body installation kit for installing the cab but I have to get an idea on aligning the bed relative to the cab, parallelism between the bed, running boards and the bed/running board filler panels. The hood alignment to the front clip was never very good prior to disassembly. The hood/front clip gap, towards the grill, was approximately 3/8+ of an inch greater as compared to the gap near the firewall. This indicated that there was a front clip droop but using additional spacer material between the radiator housing and frame did not seem to correct it. I have the chassis on a scissor lift in my workshop at home and the bottom of the frame rails, the lower part of the door window openings, and the top edge of the truck bed are parallel with each other. Any help in establishing alignment points and/or techniques would be greatly appreciated.