Well…..I’ve had a close look at mine now and I think there must be a part missing. If those ‘46’s have a long hinge pin they are different than my ’41. On mine there is no long hinge pin, as it turns out the passenger’s side is actually wrapped around the driver’s side to form the hinge. Either side can be slid lengthwise off of, or out of the other.

Having lined the two hood sides up with each other I can see that the inside wrap (passenger’s side) extends forward about ¾” to slip into the hollow back side of the bull nose radiator support.

Now the problem, there is no extension at the rear of the hood. I have the “U” shaped clamp but there is nothing for it to hold down.

Is it possible that I’m missing a short stub section of a hinge pin that is just for the rear of the hood? This is puzzling as the pin would have to be about 5/32” to slip inside the curl of the passenger’s side and that’s kinda small to hold the whole back of the hood.

Dad6timz would it be possible to look closely at yours and let me know the lengths of the curl (hinge part) of passenger’s side and of the driver’s side.

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