Sounds similar to a hood hinge problem I had on my 57 Fury, except my
problem was the hood, when closed, would hang up from the cowl and fender
about 3/4 of an inch, until you pressed it down with the palm of your hand.
There was very little slop evident in my hinges, but when I replaced my
rivets, the problem went away completely.
My hinges are now mint.
Good luck.
Glenn Barratt,
57 Fury,
Auckland, New Zealand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 Chrysler hood alignment
> If anyone has an answer to this, please post it to the
> list. I have the same problem with my 58 Ply. The only
> way I found to keep it from scraping the edge of the
> cowl was to move the hood far forward, leaving a
> noticeable gap. Never thought it was a function of weak
> hood hinges.
>
> Ron
> > We're about to the point of being ready to box up our hood hinges and
> > send them out for rebuilding, but before I do, I thought I'd check with
> > the list to see if anybody has any ideas.
> >
> > I posted pictures of our hood alignment at
> > http://www.geocities.com/stellarrest/300hood.html in the event I
> > can't explain very well.
> >
> > We're working on a '57 300C, and have decided to mock up all the front
> > clip sheet metal prior to paint, to be sure we are happy with the
> > fit/finish of the panels. It's been a good exercise to make sure all
> > the hardware, shims, etc. are already accounted for before we end up
> > banging all our freshly painted panels together.
> >
> > Our struggle is with the rear hood line against the cowl. I think we
> > have a good gap between the hood and the cowl, but when we lift the
> > hood, it immediately moves "back" instead of "up", and consequently
> > crowds against the cowl edge. I talked with a shop back east that will
> > install new rivets in our hood hinges and they "think" that will solve
> > our problem. We do find a small amount of slop in the pivot points of
> > the hinges. Although it seems small, perhaps it is enough wear when
> > it's multiplied over the 5 rivets in the hinge to be significant.
> > Before I plunk down customer's money on this service, I hoped I could
> > gather some collective wisdom from the group if anybody has already
> > dealt with this issue and might know what it is I'm misunderstanding.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Tim Bowers
> > KS
> >
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