[mylow53]

I finally have the hood fitting correctly. it's only taken 3 hinges and maybe 6 attempts but it fits. Me and the boys went to the pomona swap meet and found some used hinges. The one i used had one of the pivot points rotating on the rivet. in other words the hinge was seized and the rivet was rotating. i welded the back of the rivet and freed up the pivot carefully. a little paint and first try it lines up just fine. the problem i had with my original hinge was the pivot was warn so much the spring pushed the hood up. then the re pop was incorrectly drilled the holes at the end of the arms were about a 1/8" to a 1/2" past the original hole placement.