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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Interesting, I didn't measure corner to corner. Now I can't wait to get home and do that.
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Thanks, I just ordered the fender rubbers that support the hood. I should have already had them in place but I didn't think about that. Now I'll have a week to do other stuff that I forgot about.
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Anyone know?? I guess the rear of the hood is supposed to sit on the rubber pieces that go on the sides of the fender, that I don't have yet. But it sits nice without them.
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Ok, I'm back with another question. After moving everything around I have a gap at all four corners of .300 give or take .030 so I'm going with that. But what does the rear of the hood rest on when closed? I always thought they rested on the hinge but both sides the hood flange rest on the...
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Thanks much for the measurement! That's what someone else got also. Mine is 1/16 wider. I'm still shifting stuff around and dialing Good to hear you got it back, would like to see some pics. I'm building my dads old truck to make local shows and see some road time also. I body worked the...
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Yes sir, they were anything but tight. My 78 was my dads, he bought it new, I was with him when he bought it when I was 11. The A Pillar gap on the driver side where it meets the door/fender was over half an inch different from the pass side, I've never seen another one that bad. It drove me...
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Sounds good, thank you sir!
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Thanks for the measurement! I guess that was taken in the same location in the middle of the louvers? That's about .060 shorter than mine is. I'll keep shifting around till I get it as close as I can and even on both sides and call it good.
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    I have all new cab/rad support bushing, all loose. I just learned of the hole next to the cab bushings for a pry bar and played with moving the cab and rad support around and got the gap a lot better but still about .150 wider than the other side. I'll play with scooting everything around some...
  10. Toad455

    Need a hood measurement please.

    I have all new cab/rad support bushing, all loose. I just learned of the hole next to the cab bushings for a pry bar and played with moving the cab and rad support around and got the gap a lot better but still about .150 wider than the other side. I'll play with scooting everything around some...
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    Need a hood measurement please.

    Hello again, welcome to my newest prob: I need a few hood measurements to compare with. For 73-80 hood, across the rear from side to side, measured right in the center of the louvers. I get 69 13/16. I have a wide gap only on one side with doors fitted and fenders fitted to door with a very...
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    Radiator Support Bushings: Is this correct?

    Looking good!
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    Radiator Support Bushings: Is this correct?

    Cool, I like that and could have used many times if I knew it existed.
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    Radiator Support Bushings: Is this correct?

    Sounds and looks good, thanks for the reply. I'm prob just going to run them and tighten down. Once the truck is together I'll forget about it anyhow, ha. And I never saw a jack like that, looks handy.
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    Radiator Support Bushings: Is this correct?

    Thanks much. I may replace my mounts or may just weld on a custom washer.
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