it was very common back in the day to have to adjust the squirter nozzles by slightly bending them on a lot of cars to get the spray pattern correct without hitting the ribs, be it hood or cowl mounting.
i had a homemade "tool" built out of thin wall tubing that snugly fit the nozzles so i could bend them up, down, and sideways until the spray pattern was where the driver wanted it, but it got lost over the years.