68GTO hood alignment

I have been a Pontiac dealer since the 1950's. When the GTO's with endura bumpers were new, the hood,fender's, and front bumper never lined up exactly right. Some worse than others. Typically, the hood would sit slightly higher than the front bumper. Sometimes, this would be made worse by someone not shutting the hood with enough force. Everyone was afraid that they were going to bend or dent the hood if they used too much force. This is true, but you do need to carefully bring that hood down about half way then give it a good forceful "slam". Not so much as to dent the thing, but you have to put some effort into it. Otherwise, it will be shut, but sit up above the front bumper noticably. However, they still almost never lined up perfectly all the way around. Frank

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