"the opening on the hood"? the air vent is on the center of the cowl, and is operated with a lever/handle that's under the middle of the dash - no air vent on the hood - what you have may be a disconnected choke or throttle cable

might want to check around Brad\'s 41-46 site for more info about your year

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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