So, we installed the hood. We spent a ton of time getting it adjusted and fit. Then I installed chrome waterfall and the latch and tried to close it. To our surprise, not even close to latching. After a bunch of phone calls we learned that 1941 has a special latch and upper grill support. These parts are 1941 specific. Unfortunately the hood was never on the truck so we had no idea. I started digging through my boneyard of parts and came up with a lower latch support that was very unique. Turns out it is for a 1941 pickup. Problem is, it is mutilated and missing some parts. I used one of my old grills as a jij and started repairing the damaged latch area and made a support rod. Once it was tacked together we installed it and tried closing the hood. with quit a bit of tweeking and adjusting we were able to latch the hood. Sue and I removed it so it could be sand blasted and painted and re installed. Works very good. we are working on a few more things this week and the truck will be finished and ready to go home with John. Here are some photos of the process of repairing the latch.
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