Thanks that a great pic
I saw a car localy at a show that was like that and should have taken a pic.I knew that there were such a crazy change
Strange how they changed the cars so much after just one year.
So if I have early run 71 they will have the hood buppers towards the rear.
And Late 71 will be towards the front.
Not that it matters since i have a glass hood
So that leads me to belive that the hoods were not the same with out crush zones{or i may be reading to much into it
Not that the placement of the buppers meen anything to me since I have a glass T/A hood from ASCP or what ever his name is.
It shoud be any easy fix to just weld in a patch on the 71's

Funny how the pic you have he has a clip in the hole not realy funny! But bet they never notice there was a differance when the car was painted,but did when it was to late and the grille was being installed.