How hard is a hood to put on? It seems like you might could do that yourself. You could probably do the new license plate bracket as well. Here in south georgia, the junkyards will get parts for you even if they don't have them. Check a junkyard. Or maybe just put a heavy duty tarp over the engine and duct tape it down.

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