[DeTomaso] front hood headlight buckets rubber grommets on 1972 detomaso pantera

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Friends,
 
The Gumball Pantera is reaching the end of its restoration. It has taken so 
 long I have forgotten what the car feels and sounds like. 
 
A friend of mine flew me up to see the car in northern Vermont.  A  few 
things the body shop has had problems with are the following. 
 
The windshield gasket was a nightmare but once I found an Italian made  
original type gasket the windshield mounted in under 15 minutes. 
 
The bodyshop had to put washers between the hood and the hinge to keep the  
hood from rubbing against the lower lip in front of the car . Is this 
correct to  put washers or shims under the hinge ? The washers are under the 
hinge where the  hinge holds the hood.This cannot be correct.  Is there a 
correct way to  adjust the hood so that it does not rub the lower left and right 
of the hood. Or  are the hood hinges bent?      
 
The passenger side headlight bucket does not seem level .The lower left  
corner of the bucket was sitting slightly up.Is there a trick to adjusting? 
 
Your comments would be greatly appreciated so that I can forward to the  
bodyshop.. 
 
Regards,
Robert
Gumball3000 #56
 
PS. There are also two rubber grommets in the rear engine compartment  that 
hold the wires. These Grommets(2 to 3" in diameter) are located on the  
left and right side near the rear ZF mounts. Anyone know where I can buy two of 
 these Grommets?