When i lift the hood on my 53 the back near the windshield pops way up. Hinges and springs look good and they have the correct bolts. Are they no good, Need some kind of adjustment? I didn't install them they came working that way. Moral of the story-Looks good works bad!

 

When I first bought my 49, it did the same thing. I even had to put my hand on the back of the hood a time or two in order for it to "lay down" and close. The hinges didn't look rusty at all, but apparently they get tight and probably rusty inside over time. I took some 3 and 1 oil and some PB blaster and lubed the heck out of them. Then I got on the front of the hood and just manhandled it up and down repeatedly. Problem solved. Shuts perfectly now. Try that before you take it apart.

 

'53-'56's were plagued by a poor hood hinge design. Even when new they were a pain to open & close.

If you hinges are in good shape, and the shoulder bolts are good, and there's no slop or play in the hinge arms, then you should be able to adjust the hood to open & close like original. You can slot the hinge mount holes in the cab for more adjustment if needed.

The right way to adjust the hood is to remove all of the front sheetmetal and align the hood to the cowl. The two support rods under the hood are what you use to align the "bow" in the hood, since they have no internal skeleton to keep them from flexing. Then you install the core support and align it to the hood, again using the core support bows. Then install the fenders and align them to the hood/cab/core. It's a real pain.

There's a reason you see alot of F100's with forward tilting hoods... they are simple, and easy to install, and they eliminate the "hood hokey pokey".

My '56 has new reproduction hinges on it, and it still opens & closes like crap. I replaced & upgraded the hinge shoulder bolts and the weld nuts in the hood. I've adjusted the front latch as well, with dull results. I've finally gotten the hood to open & close decent, but it's still not lined up right, still pops up crooked when I open & close it. I'm going with the tilt hood kit and getting rid of this headache all together.

 

I had to elongate the hood hinge mount holes on the cab to get mine to close properly.
Had the same prob with the hood poping up at the windshield.
gone now.

 

Thanks exactly my problem. One more thing to put on the list

 

Back in the "old days" there used to be gas pump attendants, they usually were way less than careful and bent the heck outa' a lot of hoods.