Hi,
Actually I did get it out. I caught a guy doing his rounds at a dealership and he did it on the spot. Did a great job and you really have to look now to find it. He I was right there while he was doing it and he really was having trouble getting it to move. He attached an "S" hook as a pivot point to the top of the hood and it actually bent, which was the first time he had ever seen that. A testimate to the quality of the sheet metal.