I've been a bit hesitant to post much, as the atmosphere around here hasn't been the best lately, but I took a step today that might help someone else who's scratching their head about fitment. When Mike (34_40) was here last week we set the new Rootleib hood in place and the fit sucked. With the cowl to grill distance set and fixed the hood simply did not fit at all. We had a significant gap at the cowl, top tight, bottom out by over an inch which points to the grill being too high.

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This one shows that the gap is nominal 1.25"

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I sent a couple of pictures to Don (DA34GUY), as he's probably fit more deuce hoods than just about anyone around here, and he agreed with my assessment. The radiator and grill shell both seem to be OK, so the only thing to do is drop the mounts on the frame. The firewall to radiator braces, with their upward arc, also point to a problem with the radiator being high.

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Here's the mounting tabs.
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