[Fot] Replacing hood

[N197TR4 at cs.com]

i like that idea...

>What I have done is perhaps simpler.  No NUTS nor Bolts to adjust.
>
>I took the hood bracket and drilled out the pin holding the body braket 
>from the hood bracket.  Once this was done I realligned the two 
>seperated pieces with a 3/8" bolt and welding a 3/8 inch ID  steel  bush 
>on either side of the brackets about 1/2" on either side.  I got an 
>appropriately long 3/8 PIP pin and reassembled using the removable pin. 
>Intially you need to place the hood and braket as you would normally and 
>align.  But, this is done only this initial time.  When I want to remove 
>the hood I just take out the PIP pin holding the two bracket halves from 
>the from the open Head Lite opening.  All remains aligned.
>
>I did this for the race car not my street car.
>
>M.N.Dunst
>
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