76 BODY,80 NOSE .HOOD LATCH HELP !!

This is directed to anyone who has done this . I have a 76 that I just put an 80 nose on. Problem is with the hood latches . I know they are different than the 76. I have the correct ones for the 80. My problem is, they DO NOT bolt on the cowl in the same position as the 76 did .

Please let me know what you did to fix this problem . Anything short of replacing the cowl would be nice. Thanks

Well, reason for not using the ' 76 hood is that the car was in a front end hit . There was nothing left of the nose, to speak of . I wanted to change the look , so I went with the ' 80 nose . I wasn't aware that the dimensions of both hoods were the same . I know they look different , but I'm not sure if they are different sizes ( length, width, etc ) . My other concern would be :  does the hinge mount in the same spot on both hoods ?

I already have the latches for the ' 80 nose. But, as I said, they mount differently . Looks like a call to the bone yard is coming in the very near future !

Thanks for the help !  

Sure beats the hell out of trying to attach the ' 76 hood brackets to the ' 80 hood !   With all the money I sunk into that monster ( what with the ' 94 LT-1 in it now ) what's another $ 300 ?