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When I got the truck it had no hood along with a lot of other parts but I found a decent original one, instead of using the original hinges I went with the tilt hood kit, the installation went fine and after adjusting it it seems I can’t get the passenger side rear of hood to go low enough and it shows the reveal that normally is hidden, front is fine and drivers side is perfect, there is no room either to bring up rear of front fender, also where the hood meets the cowl it is nice and even, are there any tricks of the trade to get a better alignment, thanks Pete
Here's the dilemma...you lift the front of the hood to close the cowl gap but in doing so you open the gap on the sides. The top gap is designed to be wider than the sides, this is done to allow a wider channel for water to drain off and to give a little more clearance to the rear edge of the hood and the cowl when opening the hood. Many F100 owners want to close this gap considerably which usually leads to other fitment issues. Your hood appears to have lost some of it's curve on the side. You may have to weld a bead on that edge and reshape accordingly to fit the side cowl.
What’s strange is the drivers side is perfect which is confusing me, I’ll make a template of drivers side to center of hood and compare to passenger side to see how much it’s out, I also want to weld a piece of 1/8” rod on the inside of the hood on the rear edge to give it more rigidity, thanks Pete
I would have to agree with Charlies's observation that the right side of the hood needs a little massaging if anything . That being said it appears the left side is slightly narrow to the lower cowl and a 1\4 " out will greatly improve the right side . As far as measuring the hood these trucks were not made with any sort of modern day precision so bend , build up or slot what you need to to make it look right .
Ive actually seen where someone has taken small turn buckles and attached them to the underside of the hood back to the cross support which allowed him to tweak the back corners to fit precisely . Ive also seen a support bar fabricated that went from one side of the hood to the other which in theory did the same thing. I have some pictures of both somewhere, right now i don't know where that somewhere is.
Spent the weekend working on hood, realized that from the factory where they folded the metal over to give its edge drivers side showed about a 1/4”, passenger side was 5/8”, so took some 1/4” rod and fixed the gaps and the inside edge to give it some rigidity, fits much nicer,chugging along
Good job Rusty Ford. I had to do a similar fix (without rod) on a door edge. It's a lot of work. I assume you did it with the hood removed so add to that putting the hood off and on. That alone is a pain.
Bob
Nice job...when I tackle a task like this I will make a template while the hood is attached. After removing the hood, I will use the template to guide my weld/grind process ensuring a close match when the hood is reinstalled. The wife is a good helper at times but she draws the line at wrestling hoods...
I actually welded the rod in place the tilt hood made it that easy, once I had good clearance I took off hood off which is like wrestling a bear, not like the mustangs and did the I welded across complete hood another rod so it will be rigid which worked perfectly,having the rollers on the hood are a godsend, I had to cut the whole perimeter of my driver’s side door to have better gaps also, lots of work but well worth it, will be doing bodywork this weekend, see how much I remember from Autobody and repair from 11 th grade , 100 years ago lol
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