1967 Barracuda Hood to Cowl Seal RePro Installation help!

You were fortunate.

I was as careful as I could be but at least 4 tabs broke. Not sure which kit I got without going through the receipts but they were more like spring steel and just wanted to snap.
I don't know whether the limbs of OEM clips were folded inward or outward. I imagine either direction works ( like staples ). Evidently the foreigner who is producing these reproductions doesn't know the limbs are to be bent ( typical of aftermarket parts ). So we need to use a torch to anneal this portion of their clips so they're workable like OEM. Are we having fun yet?