JustJay
SILVER Star
In the midst of reassembling my 72' after paint and spent the day putting front fenders, bib, grill, hood, etc. on. Running into some trouble with some of the hardware fitting on the hood.
1. The hold spacing for the windshield rests don't seem right. The spacing on these holes is 2 1/8" O.C. not the typical 2" O.C. that I'm seeing everywhere else in this era. Anyone have any idea why that would be or if there is a good work around? Other than drilling new holes? We had the paint stripped all the way down to metal and there was no sign of any holes being plugged or drilled in the wrong spots or anything. Seems odd to me.
2. Anyone know why this hood doesn't have the 2 holds for the spring loaded windshield hold downs? Again, no sign of them being taken off. Seems like all other hoods I'm seeing have these triangular holds? Am I missing something? Again, is there a work around since my hood doesn't have them? I don't want those metal hold downs bouncing around the hood.
Unfortunately, I don't know much about the history of this 40 but I have no reason to think that the hood is not stock. Seems to have the original sticker on the underside and had the same paint color layers when sanding paint off .
1. The hold spacing for the windshield rests don't seem right. The spacing on these holes is 2 1/8" O.C. not the typical 2" O.C. that I'm seeing everywhere else in this era. Anyone have any idea why that would be or if there is a good work around? Other than drilling new holes? We had the paint stripped all the way down to metal and there was no sign of any holes being plugged or drilled in the wrong spots or anything. Seems odd to me.
2. Anyone know why this hood doesn't have the 2 holds for the spring loaded windshield hold downs? Again, no sign of them being taken off. Seems like all other hoods I'm seeing have these triangular holds? Am I missing something? Again, is there a work around since my hood doesn't have them? I don't want those metal hold downs bouncing around the hood.
Unfortunately, I don't know much about the history of this 40 but I have no reason to think that the hood is not stock. Seems to have the original sticker on the underside and had the same paint color layers when sanding paint off .
