Would or Wouldnt cut

Ramie... MANY years ago one of my buddies had a '65 Chevy II that he drag raced and had the same issue. Well, me and my other buddy both worked in a body shop and all 3 of us liked drinking beer and experimenting, so we took our porta-power jacks and some blocks of wood carefully placed in the wheel wells for support and we managed to gain a good solid inch of additional clearance by pushing the whole wheel opening area outwards. There was very minimal damage and it actually looked really cool. Wish I had some pictures. LOL