Some Help please:

[chetbrz]

Hi Frank, thanks for the critique.  I fully understand what you and Tom are saying but I weighed this concern against the theoretical and the reality.   Up until now, I have driven this car for years without this part in place and the hood once secured with the hood latches doesn't move.  This has been my experience.    I believe the most benefit is when you have to open the hood to access the engine compartment.  Here this part plays an important role.  From an esthetic standpoint I think crimping the end properly would be hard to do with hand tools and the result would be a less than desirable look with iffy functionality.   The hood hinge has seen many years of abuse, rust, and at least 2 other repaints besides my recent redo.  I now believe my car may have been originally one color black.   The original windows show an over spray of blue covered by and over spray of red.  I'm pretty sure that originally the car wasn't painted in the factory with the windows in place.  So looking at the color coats like the rings of a tree stump, I'm seeing black, blue, red, and now blue again.  The first blue could have been a redo of the original color, impossible to tell from this point. 

PS... New safety glass all around.

I appreciate all the comments and concerns it's always a great collaborative effort. 
Sorry for rambling but it's raining here, so what else is there to do?

[rwollman]

Chet - on the 28 I work on both of these parts are polished brass - must be for looks

[chetbrz]

Chet - on the 28 I work on both of these parts are polished brass - must be for looks

If you get a chance a picture would be very interesting.

[chetbrz]

Well I put the hood on with the makeshift bracket end.  I think it will workout just fine.  The hood aligns up great.

 

Well that's the last of the exterior except for the roof.  I need to do the headliner first.  This way I have better access to attach headliner to bows.

Looking like a car again:

[frankp]

Well done!

[racertb]

Very nice Chet!

[Articifer Tom]

Looks great Chet  .   for future reference . The Filling Station has a good copy of bracket for hood rod . Page 27 pn GR356 .

[chetbrz]

Looks great Chet  .   for future reference . The Filling Station has a good copy of bracket for hood rod . Page 27 pn GR356 .

Thanks I'll check that out. 

[chetbrz]

Hi Tom,

It would be great if there was a catalog like this for Plymouth.