Hey everybody, working on my daughters 71 Demon and just about ready to head to the paint shop. When we picked the car up a year ago the hood was not attached. Over the weekend I put it on and for the life of me I cannot get it to line up properly.
What I'm seeing is when I begin to close the hood the left hood hinge bows out and actually rubs against the fender. In the picture you can see where it has been rubbing for a long time because the paint is missing. The right side bows a little but never touches the fender. As I slowly bring it down, it kinda straightens itself out. However, once it tries to close it is laying against the left fender and a huge gap is on the right.
As I said, I've messed with the adjustments on the hinges but it doesn't seem to help. I suspect there is no adjustment on the hinge itself. I would like to fix or just replace both hinges.
My question is, can the hinges be repaired with some sort of bushing kit or do you just have to hunt them down and hope a used set will work?
Thanks, Bill
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