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Hello everyone,
Can anyone tell me which screw or screws I need to adjust to keep my hood from flapping at 20 MPH. It flaps right at the top on the picture as seen next to the firewall.
If I were to guess I would say the hinge needs adjustment but I wanted to ask y'all who hopefully have been down this road before.
thx

Wade - Yes to your hood hinges needing adjustment to pull it down some in the rear and perhaps some other adjustment too. In looking at your 2nd pic, I can't see any rubber strip along the cowl that acts as a buffer between the hood and cowl like shown in this sample pic below???

Hey Dan, Yes the rubber strip is there on the crowl. I have ordered a Shop Manual for things like this. I don't know which adjustments on the hinge to loosen ath this point for adjustment.
Many thanks

Wade, to add to what Dan said, there's an adjustment to change the shape of the crown by adding or removing washers at the joint between the two side reinforcements. But you should only do that if the shape doesn't match the cowl. It's important to get the hood adjustment so there's firm contact with that rubber seal. The shop manual covers that. If you want to review it before your manual arrives, check THIS PAGE. It's from the 1947-1951 Shop Manual, but should be the same for your 1953.
Another item is to be sure there's some webbing or something between the hood skin and the supports. I've seen that condition called hood flutter. What I did was order some urethane rubber sealant 3M NVH Dampening Material ( I know, right? I paid a little over $50) and after inserting some shims in between the hood skin and supports to get the right shape, inject sealant in the gap to fill it. The stuff doesn't set up real hard - just enough to dampen any vibration. See attached pic.

This all assumes that you followed the Tech Tip HERE.

I can not emphasize enough that if you are going to adjust your hinges you need to follow the Tech Tip procedure Kevin linked above.

You can not cut corners and avoid steps like loosing all the fender mounting bolts.

It is hard to tell from your pictures but is your hood tight against the rubber strip when closed? If so hinge adjustment may not help and Kevin's solution for hood flutter may be more appropriate for your situation.