longitudinal adjustment in the direction shown by arrow u201c l u201d where the striker 56 may be secured by the retainer pin 58 referring to fig4 an alternative hood panel support 70 is illustrated that is more compact but does not include a longitudinal adjustment feature the reference numerals for parts described with reference to the embodiments of fig1 3 are carried over in the embodiments shown in fig4 7 the alternative hood panel support 70 includes the truss cross bar 20 that is supported on a pair of legs 22 that each includes a front leg 24 and a rear leg 26 the height of the truss cross bar 20 is adjustable as the result of providing a height adjustment leg 38 including the vertical adjustment slot 40 and the fastener 42 on opposite sides of the truss cross bar 20 the truss cross bar 20 includes the base bar 44 truss spacers 46 and a landing pad bracket 48 as previously described with reference to fig1 3 the landing pad bracket 48 includes a landing pad 50 upon which the hood 12 may rest during the electro coating and painting processes a v shaped bracket 72 includes a pair of openings that receive the retainer pin 58 the retainer pin 58 is inserted to retain the striker 56 on the v shaped bracket 72 while the embodiment of fig4 does not include a longitudinal adjustment feature it offers the advantage of being more compact and providing better access to the lower side of the hood 12 during the electro coating and painting process referring to fig5 an arcuate hood panel support 74 is illustrated that includes a convex cross bar 76 including a.