Hood torsion bar to hood hinge installation on 1966 Dodge Dart

Hello Syleng1. When l bent the torsion sprig back the barrel hits the hinge and won’t go under it. I need more advice on how to proceed. Should the barrel be bent back to the side of the hinge then pulled over to load it. Can one person do the install or does it require two people.
One person can do it. I locked in the small side and used a large adjustable wrench on the part that runs along side the part that the hood bolts to. It went rather easy. I’m not with my car to take pictures.