What the heck am I doing wrong with this '74 Valiant hood?
I bought the car with the hood off and the right side spring detached from the hinge. I sorted the hinges out, I think, put the hood on and went to slowly close it when I discovered it's hitting the cowl. There's plenty of evidence this was a problem for a long time though. I have the hood moved as far forward as the slots will allow, and it still hits. The hinges look perfectly symmetrical and I don't see any obvious signs of damage. The rear lip of the hood looks like it may have caught the cowl in the past and bent outward making the problem worse, but even if that lip were bent in at a 45 degree angle, I think I need another 1/4" of slot travel forward where the hood bolts go through the hinge. Is there more to this than the four bolts holding the hood to the hinge?
I bought the car with the hood off and the right side spring detached from the hinge. I sorted the hinges out, I think, put the hood on and went to slowly close it when I discovered it's hitting the cowl. There's plenty of evidence this was a problem for a long time though. I have the hood moved as far forward as the slots will allow, and it still hits. The hinges look perfectly symmetrical and I don't see any obvious signs of damage. The rear lip of the hood looks like it may have caught the cowl in the past and bent outward making the problem worse, but even if that lip were bent in at a 45 degree angle, I think I need another 1/4" of slot travel forward where the hood bolts go through the hinge. Is there more to this than the four bolts holding the hood to the hinge?