hood to cowl gap + question about hood pins

[rwcstang 214]

Two Questions:

1. whats the best way to install hood pins, is there a specific measurement, been looking around and cant find any regarding the hood pin install.
2. Im curious if its normal to have a large hood/cowl gap in the rear? Front hood trim, lines up with the headlight buckets.

 

the hood is a repop from NPD ( I think its only the 70 style hood)

 

[Mike65 512]

The way I did it on my 69 Coupe if you look at the underside of the hood there is a recess for the hood pins about the size of the round trim plate that screws to the top of the hood. I drilled in the center of that recess from the underside, closed the hood then marked the center of the hole in the hood on the radiator support & then drilled the holes in the radiator support for the pins & then install them. Here is a video that could help.

Installing New Hood Pins | Mustang Mach 1 (youtube.com)

[rwcstang 214]

Thanks Mike, seems easy enough! 

[Mach1 Driver 612]

The video isn't quite correct.

I'm the original owner of a 69 Mach1 that by coincidence is the same color as in the video. I was 19 when I bought it new. The reason there were no screws in the kit for the lanyards to attach to the core support is because the loop in the lanyard was simply pushed down over the pin, not screwed to the core support. Also, the lanyards were not routed through the grill, they just lay on top of it. The only difference I see in the kit and the original parts is that the swaging sleeves used to make the loops in the lanyards are much larger than on the originals. Its too bad you can't buy just the lanyards from Ford anymore but this appears to be the closest reproduction available now. I can't tell you how many times I've replaced those over the years because the protective plastic covering on the lanyards cracks and falls off as it ages.