Ok I've never really go the whole deal on this. What was the deciding factor on a car getting a hood prop or hood springs? My 88 Cougar has springs that hold the hood up but I've seen some of your guys cars that have hood props.
they should interchange pretty easy. 83-86 had prop rods, and the 87-88's had springs.
In the 1984 dealership brochure listed hood assist spring hinges as standard equipment but that was never the case. No Cougar/T-Bird got them until 1987, to the best of my knowledge. The hinges can indeed be interchanged.
Can a Mark's hinges/springs be used on a Bird or Cougar? Thinking about parting out my '88 LSC soon, and I wouldn't mind using its hinges on the '86 T-bird.
I was always curious as to why the '87-88 Thunderbird/Cougar had the hood springs, but the Mustang NEVER got them even clear up to 2004 (do the '05's have springs or struts or something like that?).
I sure do like em on my car though...much better than working around that prop rod.
My '86 XR-7 has the self-supporting hinges and 4thqtr's 85 TBird has the self-supporting hinges as well.
Thank you Karl! I knew that there was more to it than that. I also know I've seen 87 and 88's without springs.
both my 87 T/C and my old 88 L/X had springs.my old 86 T/C had a prop rod.
Yes. They bolt right onto the non-spring hinges. I have them on the convertible....with the fiberglass hood, the factory 1987-88 hinges were too powerful. The Mark VII part just bolts on...piece of cake.