Aligning sides of Hood on Duster

I have the same problem on my Scamp. Only a lot worse. The hood touches on the passenger side, wont even close, and is about 3/4" away on the driver side. The lip that rolls over on the edge of the fender on passenger side is stopping it from moving any further out too. I think my only option to make it look correct, from the outside anyway, is to trim the lip off so the fender will be able to slid. Ive also considered bolting the hinges to the car on its pins some how so then the hood could be shimmed over. The PO made new upper fender wells and I think that may be the issue.