67 hood stop bracket

Cougar Community Classic Cougar Paint and Body
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So I’m cleaning up under the hood in the process of replacing radiator and waiting for radiator to drain.

This a 67 original from a one owner family. Driven and not sitting. I’m just slowly cleaning stuff here and there.

So 2 sides of the hood stop. Passenger side is painted and the driver side was not? Same ambient lighting in both pics.

Just for future reference if it matters. Just what I found.

View from passenger side.

View from drivers side.

From the front



This is all original. Just cleaning stuff up.

Is it getting more valuable as I clean?!

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It appears that not painting one side had no ill effects.

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Very original car. Great pictures for reference. The shim under the forward fender bolt is typical of every 67 - 68 Cougar that I have ever seen. The car would be very interesting to document I think if the rest of it is that original too.