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My hood on my 49 on the drivers side is fine but the passengers side has a small warp. Seems pretty flimsy at the warp. What are my options to get it like the drivers side?

Someone must have just retired and is looking for a project

LOL

Might be able to gently bend the rear edge of the hood to flatten that passenger side out a bit. No hammering with that nice paint job.

Haha....not really looking for a project, it's just that the wife says something about it every now and then. I guess the first option is to put tape over her mouth but I think I'm looking for option 2.

Option 2 might be earplugs (for you)

Do you have the insulation pad that goes between the brace and the sheet metal? You can actually do some strategic placement and move that sheet metal around.

Also, not sure what that side of the hood looks like at the fender, but it's possible the side needs to sit a bit lower. That way the upper edge rests against the windlace a little more, which can flatten it out.

Thanks for the info. I'll take a look this morning on the underside of the hood.

When you say "pretty flimsy at the warp" do you mean the high spot will oil can/pop back and forth if you push downward?

Yup. That's what's happening. Once it warms up a little this morning I'm headed out to the garage to take a better look.

Take a picture of the inside of the hood so we can see if there was any damage there previously..

Yeah, a pic of the inside and the side above the fender will help alot, on mine the insulation pad is missing and my hood pops back and forth with the temperature change throughout the day.

Did you put in new hood lace--like FP-217 from Jim Carter? Bill

The brace if flat and not bent. There is a bit of a gap on the passengers side vs the drivers side. I can put the hood down to the brace and see the warped area go down.

You might try loosening the bolts on the brace in the center and see if the two sides equalize. Those bolts are there to increase/reduce the bow in the hood at the back by adding or removing washers under the ends of the center bracket. See Page 11-6 of the shop manual.

I would be interested in seeing pics showing the gaps between the cowl and the round curves of the back edge of the hood to see if they are even one side to the other.

Also maybe look to make sure there is no major difference between the adjusting bolts on the hinges.

On my truck the passengers side sat a little high it turned out that the bolts where completely opposite each other.

Either way loosening some bolts a little and seeing if it flattens out never hurt anything (as long as you make sure that the hood is propped up or it might hurt the back of your head quite a bit)

Here's a couple pic from the side but I'm now thinking I'll leave it alone for now.