Dan, I removed my hood side panel last year to replace the ign. module and was amazed at how easy it was to get to all the stuff on that side of the engine with the panel off. I gave some thought to making it easier by using twist lock fasteners to replace the bolts,but then I reasoned that since I used new bolts and nuts, it would be easier to remove it next time .I think that the starter was hard to get to on the Chevette as it came from the factory as well.

How hard is it to remove the vertical left side of the hood to get at the starter?

 Dick, On  my BCW, the bolts that held the fenders and hood side panel were like a round headed carriage bolt with a square shoulder that gripped the fiberglass and kept the bolt from turning as the nut on the other side was being tightened. The bolts had no slot for a screw driver and having been in place for many years,crud had built up in the threads. It helps to spray them with some type of penatrating lubricant  and let them soak before trying to get them out. The square shoulder will most likely round out the hole when you try to remove the bolt. I replaced the bolts with hex headed ones so next time removal will be much easier. You may need to loosen some of the bolts that hold the fender to the side of the cowl to allow the hood panel to slip out.

I think I found all the screws. Are there any hidden ones?

Same story here. I had to remove the passenger side bonnet panel in order to put points in the distributor which turned a one hour job into an all day project because one time I bought one of those Pertronix magnetic electronic distributors and out it on and it ran great up until about 2000 RPM and it would backfire. No biggie, I turned it 180 degrees opposite direction and the dern thing still backfired at exactly 2K RPM. I finally found the points that were in there and guess what? The points in that Bosch distributor were listed as being out of an Audi BOAT motor.  How about that?  So did anybody put elec. ignition on their old Ford?