I have been having a tough time getting my hood to fit properly on my 52 half ton pickup. I have spent many hours trying to make the hood fit and i am at my wits end here. Basically the truck is completely restored and I am just not quite happy with the way the hood fits. It is great at the end of the nose (fenders and grill and latching well), but there is a large gap at the front of the windshield just in front of the cowl vent at the base of the windshield. It is not alot, but i could desperately use about a 1/4 inch and i don't have it to spare with my current running boards. I was wondering if there is difference in length between 48-53 half ton running boards. Mine measure about 67 inches on the outside end to end. Any info on this would be very much appreciated. If there are shorter ones that would solve a big problem for me here. Thanks in advance for any info you folks can provide.

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