No scoop on the hood ?

A properly braced 69 Cuda/73-6 Dart hood should not need more than FOUR hood pins. UNLESS the car runs some BIG speed and/or has a huge scoop.

I would run the pins on the INSIDE of the bracing .... maybe a foot from the fender edge on the front .... and on the inside of the bracing in the rear ... off the firewall or one of the hood-hinge mounting locations.