1966 Hood corner patch repair question

[BFoley]

Originally Posted by msg

The things I noticed only weeks after they dropped it off.
This has been a learning experience for me, I paid in advance for the body to be blasted and they agreed that I take the parts to them one at a time if I want and they blast it. This has been going on since May of last year. I take what I can squeeze into my 96 accord and they call me when its done and I drive back and load it up and come back and repair whats rusted out and shoot primer on it and store it. The big items I have rented a moving truck and load it up. They messed up scheduling during the cab and hood and called me and said they would deliver them instead of me getting another rental. The guys showed up and I had a box of nitrile gloves waiting on them and insisted everyone put them on and unload. Every panel and part I have gotten back goes into the climate controlled garage and as I can I make repairs and prime. Every one of the blasted parts end up with rusty hand impressions and every time I go woth the next part I tell them about the rusty hand prints and they say each time "We'll make sure they wear gloves this time" The hood was placed on work horses in my garage and they told me the paint wasnt blasted off since I took the braces off the middle of the hood and they were worried about warpage.
I was so distracted I guess by the fact I was gonna have to get my sander out and strip off the paint, that I didnt notice all the damage they did moving it around. Ill share some other pics later of the damage to the top of the hood. If you look at the popped out areas of paint right in the center where the embossed area is that goes down the center thats where the forklift i guess creased and dented that area. Took me a full day to get that dents out there.







On the 1/8 in gap, is this fitment gap between panels? Or is the 1/8 the distance where the straight edge is at the base in my pic..between the end of the hood that faces the cab and the edge of that ruler? When I measure the gap its at 3/8 inch. But like I say it aligns very well with the fender extension as seen in the pic.

I threw a straight edge against mine just like you did in the picture. My taper resulted in a 1/8 gap. My guess is there is variance in goods due to the manufacturing process. Honestly, if yours looks good against cowl piece, then I would leave it alone for right now. How does it compare to your other side?