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I bought this new old hood on ebay last week and it arrived today. It is from a 1970 roadster, but I'm told that it should fit my 1968 though the latching mechanism is slightly different.

My hood is in decent condition, but has a couple of issues. First, there is some damage from rust on the front right lip of the hood. Second, the car was fitted with hoodpins when I got it. I am definitely going to remove the hoodpins, which are not original, which would entail patching the silver dollar-sized holes in each upper corner of the hood. Third, the hood doesn't fit quite right and is difficult to open because the top edge meets tightly up against the cowl. And fourth, my hood has the holes for the lettering that spells out "D A T S U N" patched over, while this one has the holes so I can re-mount that original logo on the car.

So I bought this hood for just shy of $100 shipped figuring the repair work to my old hood would be in that neighborhood anyway. If this one fits better it will be a bargain. We'll see.

The new hood is in very good condition. It has some surface rust but is quite solid. No visible dings or dents on the top surface. It does have a bit of a deformation in the upper passenger-side corner, probably damage incurred during shipment. That should be easy enough to straighten out.

If the new hood doesn't work out I can always repair and use the old one.