recurrent hood dent

["Timothy Leigh Rodgers" <timothy@domain.elided>]

My 1992 Spider is quite low (stock car) and I have to go at a creep over any
bump, dip, or driveway.  I couple of times I've inadvertently hit a dip hard
enough that the engine has come up and dented the underside of the hood.
Once I cracked the pan (in spite of a pan guard).  I had the hood flattened
and repainted-and damn! It happened again (the hood dent, not the cracked
pan.)  I'm now getting the hood fixed and repainted again, and would like to
prevent this from happening again in the future. These dips/ bumps that have
caused this trouble and no big deal for my wife's Jaguar or my Giulia 1300
Super.  Have others had this problem with their spiders?  Is this unique to
series four spiders, or is it all of them?
I've had my motor mounts checked and they seem OK. (the car only has 35,000
mi on it.)  Would new shocks help?  Should I get stiffer springs?  Any
advice would be appreciated.

Timothy
'71 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300 Super
'78 Alfa Romeo F-12 Diesel Van
'92 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
'81 Harley Wide Glide
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