Ask any late-model Mustang owner what their number one gripe is about working under their hood—be it detailing or general service work—and they'll tell you it is Ford's low-buck answer to holding ...

Until the 1980s, the hood and the trunk on nearly all cars were held up by springs. Some of these were traditional pull-against-them expansion springs, and others were coiled torsion springs. On the ...

Many manufacturers began fitting hood prop rods to their vehicles in the 1970s. These spindly metal rods were used in conjunction with simple stamped-steel hood hinges to replace the bulky compound ...