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Wow, VinTin. That hood has seen some serious use over the years. Mine was not quite that bad; however, our local boat builder (his father built our boat) decided to paint the hood out of the kindness of his heart using fiberglass boat paint (All Grip?) and filled in the phillips head screws on top with paint to a point where you could not see they were screws. That was some tough paint! It took Strip-Eze an hour to penetrate it so I could scrape it off and try to paint it again. I eventually got it stripped, bead blasted, and painted again. Re-chromed the metallic parts and installed NOS medallions that I had found at Better Way Marine in California in the early 1990’s. By the way, if you decide to restore your 1958 hood, I have a good "Starflite" applique to replace the one that is missing on yours.
Mumbles, you are getting warmer. That is the replacement letter "E" that I glued on my Lark.
Tom