> Ray -
>
> The 69/70 fastback cars ended up with a prop rod 'cause the torsion bars
> weren't strong enough to hold the trunk lid open. In fact, I'm not
> entirely certain that early '69 cars had the prop rod (i.e., it may have
> been added by Ford after some customer complaints). The 71-73 cars have a
> stronger setup (although my '71 Mach's trunk lid is susceptible to crashing
> down with only a little encouragement) and so didn't need the prop rod, as
> do the pre-69's.
On both my 65 and 73s the torsion force is adjustable. I added spoilers
to both 73s. I moved the rod up a notch and it works fine. Is there
not such an adjustment on the 69-70? I just added a trunk rack to the
65 and did not have to increase the torsion force.
Ray
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