1969 Dart GTS Hood emblems

marksmopar1 said
The hood ridge, I am wondering if some if not most of it could be taken down with a belt sander or some other means? It doesn't look like the ridge is a sharp protruding ridge, maybe the hood could be re-worked a little to remove the ridge? I have two original hoods 1-GTS 1-Swinger both are ok,,, but I also picked up an AMD hood and yes I noticed this ridge that is not factory, I may look into trying to knock some of it down making it less pronounced and maybe and emblem will fit?
Thoughts?......

I am not a body man, but would venture to say it can not be done. You would sand completely through before achieving the goal. Alternatively beating it down, and using body filler to smooth it over to get the desired profile on top, would result in a lot of work with a finish never to be like an original, with the underside still showing the metal massaging.

glhx said
I want a gts hood. I don’t however want a reproduction that has that ridge. It’s hard to find a regular factory hood though. Why couldn’t amd just get it right.

Do you think it could be sanded down? That’s a lot to pay for a hood that’s not correct.

If anyone of you have one for sale I’m interested

No inexpensive/easy solution, grafting the humps into existing hood, Is another option.

But best thing to do is complain, complain, complain, to AMD, so they can correct the issue.