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| | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 | I can not ssem to get my original hood to align right.
Had hood,springs, fender and inner panels off for restoration, now the hood seems bowed on drivers side. I also replaced cowls with new replacement panels. they seem good and the doors align well. Latch and grille seem good.
Whats correct procedure? obviously, I'm doing it wrong
Thanks Joe A. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 427 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 427 | Welcome joe,
Do a search on hood alignment, search button is top right of the page.
There is alot of good advise.
wilbur | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | and by the way Joe....GOOD LUCK! This is the single biggest restoration headache of AD trucks, bar none. I thought I would go crazy trying to get mine halfway decent looking. I just returned from the Streetrod Nat'ls in Pueblo and looked at probably two dozen AD's. Nearly all were in need of some improvement in the hood alignment dep't.
It is just a huge PIA. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 11 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 11 | All I have to say is read the article TooMany2count sent you, and take your time doing it. There are no shortcuts to this. I ended up having to shim my radiator support a little bit. I spent a good part of a day doing this alignment. I even got my wife to help me out, all though be careful here, my next day was spent at the mall. If your sporting a new paint job use some tape on all your edges, especially your cowl area this will save your paint.
Good luck.
I could have avoided all that trouble if only I had remembered to...
| | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2 | Is there a AD restoration shop in Michigan | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | That hood-alignment procedure is now in the Stovebolt Tech Tips. It works great - I followed that procedure last week and it made a big improvement. | | |
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