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Just curious, but do washers go in those recesses? Or do they have some other purpose?

Regardless, I think I'll be ok with my bent fender washers and grommet... and now a perfect application for my asphalt impregnated (and ScotchGuarded) 3/16" loom from Harnesses Unlimited. Snug over the wires and into the grommet, too, plus it has to bend into the fender brace. Not going anywhere.

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I don't remember... but I don't think so.
I think you have found a good solution and exactly what I thought you should do with the wire covering. Carry on.

Putting together hood and these were in a bag marked Hood, along with the front corner rubber, small, and the rear rest rubber, both new from Steele. But my memory bank failed me on where these go, which are original.
Don't accuse me of being lazy because I went through the Steele catalog twice and could not find these. I looked at most of the pix I have, and couldn't identify it. I know I'm staring at where it goes. Any clues?

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I'm not sure I'm understanding your confusion. Aren't those the rubber tips for the front hood corners?

Either the front corner or the rear where it would rest on the cowl.

West, Martin, Jim,
When I look in the parts book I see only 2 rubber pads for the hood. The small one on the left that fits the front corner and the one on the far right that goes on the bottom rear so the side can rest in that groove in the cowl when the hood is open.
The pad in the middle is a third one and is made so that flat metal goes inside it, like a pita pocket, but I just can't remember where it goes. One side was beat up or dried up pretty bad I guess because I cut some of it off IN 1986.

Also my computer crashed today so using older home desktop version.

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Joe, not real sure, but think the pita pocket one was the only thing available till Steele reproduced the correct metal backed one for the hood corner. Just a guess.

This big one was original on the car. I couldn't find in the 2005 Steel catalog. It's going to be I coulda had a V8 moment when I remember.

The rubber piece in question does not look like anything I've come across during work on my car??? I think Jim may have hit the nail on the head... an interim piece until the correct could be made

Are you using screw-in rivets to attach those? That's what I used, and I'm glad I did. The guy that painted my hood installed them while painting, and he put them on backwards, so it was easy to change them around. If you're gong to use real rivets, then make sure you put them on correctly. Do you need a photo?

I know the part came off the car from an obvious place. I know I will kick myself. It may have been on the shell, the splasher, the fender...with these things apart it's not obvious. Here's a pic of the split rivet I removed from the car. I would not put it past the resto shop that painted the car in 1971 to have replaced the original, but I got split rivets, added a washer on the back. These things are removable. The brass screw together rivets I've seen are flat headed. The aluminum ones have very big heads. This head may be bigger that it should be. These appear to have been plated with a white metal.

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