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Now that I know what to feel for, it appears that the side mounted sheet metal is well aft of the headlight buckets and deflects air from the inner fenders to the radiator mounting braces, so pretty flush on the sides. And, what I was calling a hood brace that I drilled a small hole in one side for my Bubba hood support to latch into is actually the top air dam. I don't know how tight a fit this will be to my reproduction radiator, but my game plan is to install the radiator, close the hood and use my fibre optic camera on a long rod to see under the hood through the grill and see how close this dam gets to my radiator. doesn't have to be air tight, but needs to be close. Don't know if it will come down in front of the radiator or on top, I suspect the former as I do not feel a cut out for the radiator cap. The military vehicles of this era would use some sort of thick felt strips stapled to radiator shrouds to keep air flow to a maximum.
So, I've got all the pieces, I think. Thanks for the guideance.