I'm sorry to hear about your hood and understand about how these cars can torture us. Here's a picture of the hood of my 65 Corvette 30 miles after a complete 3 year frame off restoration. A acorn hit the hood and windshield so hard I ducked thinking it was going to break. I didn't even know it hit the hood since it hit the windshield so hard. I was afraid to get out and check the stainless trim thinking it might be damaged. It was only after being happy to see the trim wasn't damaged did I see the chip in the hood. My heart broke and I remember telling the gal that was with me "I guess God doesn't want me to have anything nice".