Front hood pin mounting problem on a 68?!

[TommyShameless1978]

I have an aftermarket lift off hood on my 68 Satellite. Well, it is technically just sitting there. The rear brackets for the hood pins just came in the mail, and I had assumed the front hood pins go right where the little screw in bumpers WOULD have gone, but lo and behold, I just discovered that the holes already drilled in the hood would place the front hood pins maybe an inch or two too far forward of that location. Soooo...am I missing a part? Am I looking at having to fab up something here?

If anyone needs any pics of the offending area, let me know!

Tommy

 

[mac]

here is a thread from another forum showing the locations on an A12 car. hope it helps.
http://a12mopar.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1198528150/13#13

 

[TommyShameless1978]

Well, that showed me exactly what is wrong. The top of my core support is different than the ones in those pics. I don't have that large bracket that looks like it bolts to the top of the core support with two big bolts. The hood pins bolt to that bracket. Furthermore, I have not seen that available anywhere. Does anyone have a pair of those? Or is that an impossible to find item? Am I back to having to fabricate something?

Tommy

 

[Budnicks]

Tommy your correct the 68 has a differant ends on the core support the pins would be floating in the air you can add a piece of metal between the grill support & the rad support thats what I did on my 68 to install a A-12 hood on it, I've done it a few times on differant cars.

 

[TommyShameless1978]

Tommy your correct the 68 has a differant ends on the core support the pins would be floating in the air you can add a piece of metal between the grill support & the rad support thats what I did on my 68 to install a A-12 hood on it, I've done it a few times on differant cars.

You wouldn't happen to have a picture or two of such a creature, would you?