Definitely your shroud is wrong. The hood (bonnet) should be flat
across the back edge. Being that your shroud is arced your hood opening
is too narrow.
The shroud needs to be fitted and adjusted along with the hood to avoid
surprises like the one you just got!
Good luck.
On Dec 27, 2004, at 4:27 PM, dicksonr@uwm.edu wrote:
> Healey friends,
> My buddy Karl is in town for a couple of days and aside from consuming
> mass
> quantities of micro-brewed beer we are working on my 63 BJ-7. Anyway,
> we
> attached the shroud and now are working on the hood that doesn't fit
> for
> sh!t. I don't know if the hood was ever original to my car but that
> should not
> matter,...right? Without even having the hinges attached, the rear of
> the hood
> is too flat. It needs to have a very slight hump or be slightly
> convex in the
> center to match the shroud. Perhaps the shroud is off. Also, the
> sides of the
> hood are right up against the sides of the shroud. By the time I
> apply putty,
> primer and paint the fit will be too tight. Should the hood have a
> slight side
> to side bow it in to fit properly? What could be the problem?
> I should preface this query by stating that we were not drinking at
> the time of
> panel fittment. Thanks in advance to any answers.
>
> Randy Dickson
> Healey Archaeologist
> 63 BJ-7
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