Hood to grill gap

Tried searching for an hour in the archives and haven't been successful to finding my answer.

I have a 71 Scamp that I broke completely down and painted. I replaced the front fenders from a 72 Scamp. The upper hood latch support, center hood latch support, and lower grill support are original to the car. Im replacing the factory grill with a factory sharktooth grill. I noticed i have a half inch gap between the top of the grill to the bottom of the hood. I've adjusted the center latch support where it bolts to the lower radiator support as far up as it goes. Still a half inch gap. Anyone know what's wrong? Car was never in an accident. Gaps between fenders, hood, cowl, and doors not bad at all for a 70's mopar. The hood sits flush with the fenders. I'm boggled as to what's wrong, help please!