Thanks! Time to work on the car is spotty--a few hours here and there--since we seem to have a lot of other work to do. Hopefully doing this will help keep the cost down. As far as the skill; it helps to have several guys around who have had to, out of necessity and a lack of money, make most of their own specialty tools and come up with inventive ways to approach problems that always seem to pop up when doing a restoration! The fiberglass hood spring tension problem is a case in point. I was ready to ship the springs off to have them modified, but one of my guys asked for some time to come up with a solution. The spring extenders was what he came up with. Saved me 50.00 dollars! Ben.