Thread: 55.2-59 Hood wont close
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Old 01-08-2020, 09:23 AM   #26
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Re: Hood wont close

With all the repro parts it's pretty hard to know what is wrong. But if these were all OE parts I would say there are a number of things that say the rad support is too low. Look at the photo of the side (great photo by the say showing us all those gaps.)



The fender gap says the front of the fender (rad support) is low. The hood gap says the front of the hood is low, all that says the front of the fenders and hood (rad support at frame) need to come up. This is a super easy start if your rad support still has the basic mounting it did when it was original.

Loosen the bolts fender to cowl, then loosen the bolts or even take the nuts off completely rad support to frame, and lift that front end under the front of the fenders with blocks of wood on a floor jack on each side, lift that front end up.

It sure looks like that is where I would start.


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