Progress Thread Finally got my first Fox Body - 1988 GT

Let me give you a couple things I'd do:
the hood worked fine, then something changed, I saw where the latch mechanism was loose so that was likely the 'start' of the problem, next the 'striker' (the piece on the hood) needs to be secured, looks to be riveted, and I believe the hood is fiberglass so care must be used, you don't want to pop a hole through it when drilling out the rivets, if you have a die grinder or dremmal tool grind the top of the rivets off. Inspect the holes, are they wallow'd out? Get the next size larger (aluminium) rivet or even a couple sizes bigger to fit the hole better. If you have to drill the holes in the striker bigger, do it off the hood.
Look at the striker, does it sandwich the hood material (U shaped) so the rivet squeezes the striker plate from the back too? Understand so far, good (I hope). If it does not squeeze from the back you should make a flat piece to go on top, the fiberglass is not strong enough and will crack and the striker will come loose again.
Now the striker is tight you can adjust the latch, here is an old trick that can work, look at the witness marks on the latch where the bolts leave a mark, I would start there, latch tight, close the hood lightly, DO NOT LATCH IT!!! Gently Push down and feel the latch hit the striker, does the hood want to move sideways? Lift the hood and move the latch to the opposite side a touch, ie: hood moves toward the drivers fender, move latch towards the passenger fender. Now gently push down on the hood, does it latch? If not, latch needs to move up, do this stuff a little at a time.
Note: the bump stops at the front corner of the radiator support can hold the hood up sometimes but yours should be good if the hood fit before.
Hope this helps.