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The hood latches are riveted to the frame covers only.
They are not attached to the frame.
After restoring my car I found that the hood latch springs were too weak allowing the hood latches to open while driving so I had to remove the frame covers to get them off. When I put it back together I soldered brass nuts to the underside of the frame covers (instead of using rivets) and attached the latches with round head nickel plated screws so they can be removed without having to remove the frame covers. Removal of the frame covers is a tedious job due to the location of some of the nuts on the underside of the frame.