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Originally Posted by Stan65

I have fixed this very issue on the exact same hood for my car. In a post below JSchmitz suggested to support the two front corners and push down on the center. Do not do this with a bird hood. If you push down from the top you will get outtie dents from the underside bracing pushing up.

To fix mine, I chained from the center hood latch area on the core support to the hood latch underside bracing with a chain with hooks, and used a scissor jack at each corner to push up.

Be very careful and go slow. You will have to over shoot and let it spring back. If you go too far, you may buckle the skin.

As a disclaimer I did this before paint, but had no issues with the hood buckling so no special bodywork.

The 1st hood I bought I pushed down from the top and created 2 outie dents. I dollied the dents out, but I made the skin weak and the under bracing ended up too close to the skin. Every time I closed the hood the outie dents would reappear.

Here is a before and after picture.

Nice rims...who made them? 18s??