A body hood hinges WTF?!

Hi John,
The metal on the car is solid; no rust or rot at all. I'm just a bit miffed as to why one side is perfectly straight through the arc of the hood movement and the other side is giving me fits.
I wish some of you guys lived closer. I could sure use an extra set of hands here sometimes. My 8 year old son does what he can, but he can't help me reinstall a steel hood on a car that is on jackstands. LOL

I'll swap out the pretty hinge for the ugly hinge and reinstall the hood. If it works OK, I'll have to remove the hood again, restore the hinge, and put it all back together again.

Thanks for the input guys.

George