[mbgmike]

You can remove the lower front panel. Like stated above it it not an easy job. You have to remove the inner front brace as well. drilling out all the spot welds is not easy. If you have alot of patience and cutters it can be done. You will burn alot of them up.$$ The upper hood section is the only panel being repopped right now. It seems to me if you had three hoods it would be less time. I would cut the needed pieces close as possible to the joint and grind them down or drill them out after its removed. We do all kinds of crazy time consuming things and look back and say "man were we nuts" to do that. Hoods are still out there and I would still try and find one