If I wound up with something like that I know what I'd do... I'd go to Home Depot, buy an extension cord and hang myself
Seriously, Shall we assume that the hood fit before it was welded? If so, then something terrible happened in the process and the hood was never test fitted before finish paint.
And you say that the contour of the trailing edge of the hood matches the contour of the top cowl?
I'll be VERY interested to hear how this gets resolved.
