'Hood' can be either the panel over the engine, or above the driver's head.
AFAIK, 'valence' refers to a panel that hangs down vertically, like some
cars have below the front bumper. Don't have one of those on my TR3, it's
one piece with the front and rear aprons.
Assuming you're trying to match the panel over the engine (hood in the US,
bonnet in the UK) to the front apron in front of it, the place to start is
removing the shims under the Dzus button brackets, and backing off the
rubber buffers a little to match.
If that doesn't bring it down far enough, you'll need to do some sheet metal
work on the inner fenders (wings in British) to lower the mounting points.
-- Randall
56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild
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> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of TERRY SMITH
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2019 4:43 PM
> To: Michael Porter; Gene M; Chad; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] new question re. panel spacing
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> So my TR3 has a hood that lifts above the valence. How does
> one drop it to be level with the valence?
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