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Hood issue
- Thread starter jmahall
- Start date
AlsPine
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Not familiar with series 1/2 hinges, must be different from the later ones.
Are there adjustment slots on the hood attachment and body attachment points?
If so can you slide the body point of he hinge up, then slid the hood down?
There must be a way to adjust them, as from the factory the hinge wouldn't do that.
The only other solution would be to take the hinge out and cut off the the part that it pushing the grill out
if that wouldn't damage the integrity of the hinge.
Are there adjustment slots on the hood attachment and body attachment points?
If so can you slide the body point of he hinge up, then slid the hood down?
There must be a way to adjust them, as from the factory the hinge wouldn't do that.
The only other solution would be to take the hinge out and cut off the the part that it pushing the grill out
if that wouldn't damage the integrity of the hinge.
Barry
Diamond Level Sponsor
I recall seeing posts stating that that S-I / II hood hinges are different than S-3 / IV / V hood hinges and that late S-II hood hinges open further than early S-II hood hinges.
Check post numbers 5 & 6 in this thread regarding interference between late hood hinges and early grills.
Check post numbers 5 & 6 in this thread regarding interference between late hood hinges and early grills.
bulldurham
Platinum Level Sponsor
Could be that you have different hinges from original and adjustment needs tweaking. My series II come very close but do not touch and I know they are original.
Knightowl61
Gold Level Sponsor
I had the same problem. S-I/II hoods didn't open near as wide as late series. Putting late series hinges on early series hit the grill where as the late series grills only have the center bar. S-3 was the only car to have the grill and hood open wide. I put S-3 hinges on my S-II and they just barely touch the grill.
jmahall
Silver Level Sponsor
Alls well that ends well. Looking at the picture of the day I got the project, it might look like the grill, bad as it was, might be sticking out.
The hinges are definitely the later design.
After multiple R&R's and a lot of grinding it now fits properly.
The hinges are definitely the later design.
After multiple R&R's and a lot of grinding it now fits properly.
