How should the hood sit?

[Chaseman]

The guy before had the hood sitting funky so I'm going to adjust and or remove these rubber things I know aren't ford.
Any advice or how it should sit?

Thank You

[Wes]

Part of the rubber bumper is is ford looks like it has been shimmed. the hinges and or the inner fenders need to raised up. I would line the hood up with the cowl 1st then maybe the fenders to straighten out the gaps.

[AlleyCat]

Chaseman, the hinges are adjustable where they bolt to the inner fenders.It looks like they need to come upward a bit.Loosen the rear hinge bolts first, the middle bolts, then the forward bolts.As you loosen the forward bolts the weight of the hood will start to pull the rear of the hinges upward.Snug the bolts and see check the alignment.Once it's level the gap to the cowl will likely be too big.The hood can be moved reward by loosening the bolts that hold the hood to the hinges.The hood can be slid forward or backward.

When you check fit don't slam the hood just close it slow.If it binds stop to see why.It is possible to bend something if you make a mistake.

BTW, the rubber blocks are from Ford.I've never seen a bump that didn't have them.

[rjewkes]

hope nothings rusted alowing the sag.

also if a 70-72 i think they also had a rear peice of rubber.

[FLATBEDFORD]

I spent about 2 hours getting mine all lined up last summer. Trial end error...and patience.