A-body inside hood release for 72 Dart

I am struggling with the same issue in my 70 Dart. I bought a later model set up and turns out the latch is 180 degrees out! I am pondering installing the latch the other way around using some fat washer type shims to see if I can get the latch opening to line up with the U shaped piece on the hood. Somebody here must have solved this problem already!!!