Here’s a recent thread of another forum member showing the hood seams welded up beginning with post #6.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=410658
And here’s a couple of pics of my front fenders. After a lot of careful prep, I filled them with JB Weld. Here’s a pic of the passenger fender when I first eliminated the seam about 10-11 years ago:
And here’s a more recent shot after a repaint last year:
I filled mine because they were new reproduction fenders and the seam was badly malformed. I would have done the hood as well for cosmetics, but it just never occurred to me.