cant get harwood hood to latch, need help!

[slick_nick]

bought a used 4in bolt on harwood hood and i cant get it to latch. i turned the rubber stoppers for the hood all the way down and it still doesnt latch. i watched the guy pull it off his coupe so i know it latched before. are there different lathes for different year foxbodys? the hook on my stock hood and the harwood are a lil bit different but still looks like it should work. i took pictures here to show the difference.

stang pictures from rides photos on webshots

thanks for any help

 

[SPEEDYLIFSAVR]

You really have to play with it to get it to latch . There are two bolts that hold the latch mechanism in place that allow it to slide up/down/L/R , you may have to tweek where the hinges bolt to the hood as they allow for some back/forth travel . You have to keep adjusting to find the sweet spot . Did you transfer the spring and hook from a stock hood? I've seen others that actually had to take off the rubber stoppers and file them a bit .

Even when you get the hood to finally latch , I am still leary of it . I have seen many aftermarket hoods come up and smack the roof and dent the cowl . Pins are always good piece of mind...in my opinion!

Good luck!