Hood alignment...am I being too picky?

[AKcharger]

I installed my Ramcharger hood on my '72 but I'm wondering about the alignment. Before I put the cowl stripes on ('71 super bee/R/T) I want to make sure it's right. So 2 questions:
1) Is this within limits for 1970's cars?
2) How do I fix it? I've tried moving hood for/aft and moving fenders Out/in, all are at their limits???
Pax fender/hood gap at front is about .030 with slight "bulge" in center  but fwd and aft corners are near flush



Drivers side, mostly flush and goop gap

[hemi-hampton]

Passenger side front looks tight. is the latch in & latched. moving the latch over a hair could open up that gap. LEON.

[Bob]

I had a similar issue. The body shop had some sort of big gauge and it turned out to be my fenders weren't aligned properly so he adjusted the fenders and all was good.

[AKcharger]

HH - Good suggestion on the latch, but I already tried that...but it did give me the gap you see here, before it was .006!
Bob - I'm sure that's the problem but don't see how to move the fenders anymore. I loosened all of the bolts and "pulled" the pax side out  and "pushed" the drivers side in but did't do much. the fender holes have oval holes that only seem to accept fwd/aft movement not side to side?

[hemi-hampton]

Might have to bore out latch holes a little. I just did that on a black Demon a few weeks ago & worked fine. If you have a tram bar, if not use a tape measure & measure from back corner bolt at top rear of engine compartment or fender to front engine compartment or fender bolt in a X across both sides of engine compartment & compare the 2 measurement, they should both measure the same, if not it's not square & could need some core support pulling. LEON.

[green69rt]

 I have a similar problem, it looks like the curve of the hood where it meets the fender is not the same.  I have AMD fenders and hood.  Seems like they don't match really close.  I ended up making the gaps as uniform as possible, the little "bulge" of the hood above the fender, I just adjusted as much as possible and called it good.  Maybe I leaned on the hood a little and made some improvement but I know it's still there but most will not see it. It's a case of how good you want it to be.  

Edit: just read you comments again.  Gaps on these old cars have pretty wide ranges, I've seen rubbing body panels to 1/2" gaps.  I try to get something that looks good which usually means really even.  Anywhere from 1/8 to 3/8 seems to be in the ballpark.  I really hate to see panels rub together, that seems just sloppy!

[hemi-hampton]

If panels are so close they start rubbing then good chance they will start chipping paint. LEON.

[AKcharger]

Copy on suggestions HH and green, I'll try both...stand by

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[Nacho-RT74]

I never have found any American car ( American car includes up to Argentina ) with a nice build up and aligment job. So I would't worry about on those minimal differences. My car is quite similar INCLUDING THE NON FLUSHED AREA OF HOOD with fender and I simply decided forget about and enjoy the car.

European cars are a very diff story.