First of all, you have probably already found out that Brookville takes some liberties with some of the OEM Ford dimensions.

The best way to make the lacing uniform is to whang it with a hammer to make the thickness more even, then either rivet or screw in place. There is an even better solution, and that's to use some universal "Hot Rod" foam weather stripping that is also distributed by Vintique and others. The Soffseal part numbers are E1078/E1076 and E1083. Tho mine is a '31 Brookville and with a Rootleib 4 piece hood, I too found that the OEM style lacing wasn't the way to make things fit right. If you are worried that it wont stick - believe me, it does as when I did my first pre paint assembly of the car I used some of that foam lacing - it was TOUGH to remove!!!!!!!!!