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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.

Welcome joe,
Do a search on hood alignment, search button is top right of the page.
There is alot of good advise.

wilbur

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.

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.

Is there a AD restoration shop in Michigan

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.