I tried variety of things to move the hood latch to align with the hood latch pin and none apeared to be viable as the radiator support was either offset or angled in a way that I am sure would have created problems with the fenders and/or grille at a minimum.

I went back to re-evaluate the cab position on the frame. It appeared that the front of the cab was 1/4" toward the passenger side so I removed the front mounting bolts, loosened the rear mounting bolts and moved the cab to get equal measurements on both sides.

Now the hood latch pin is much closer to centered in the pin opening in the latch with the radiator support level. The radiator support can still move fore/aft some and will ultimately be located by the fenders.

I tried to remove the top hinge bolt on the driver's side to mimick what I was able to achieve on the passenger side for hood to cowl gap. Everything looked okay until I installed the hood support spring arms and the driver's side shifted. I know I can get it back but I think before I do any more with the hinge adjustment (and potential to enlarge hinge mounting holes in the cab) I will loosely install the fenders such that the radiator support is more securely located.

For anyone else who has rebuilt their cab floor and related mounting holes please pay close attention to the cab location on the frame as small changes at the front of the cab are large changes when you get to the front of the hood. I thought I had done this but clearly it wasn't good enough. Hopefully this will now allow the hood alignment and fender installation sequence to be successful moving forward.


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