Re: [Classic Mustang] 1969-70 Trunk Lid Prop Rod

Hello guys,   Great debate about the originality of the prop rod installations. I've owned three '70 Mach 1's, all with what appeared to be originally installed spoilers, but only my last seemed to have the prop rod installed. No way to verify the originality of the first two though.   But, does anyone own one with the prop rod, and can they tell me the length of the prop rod? Someone in this thread mentioned pictures of the mounting points; that would be nice to see a picture of the underside of the decklid, if possible.   Thanks for the lively discussion!   Claude --- On Mon, 4/27/09, Tony S <mrmach@comporium.net> wrote: From: Tony S <mrmach@comporium.net> Subject: Re: [Classic Mustang] 1969-70 Trunk Lid Prop Rod To: classicmustang@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 7:33 PM The 69 Mach 1 didn't come out with a spoiler, it was an over the counter option.  The Boss came out with the spoiler; hence, the prop rod.   Tony Sorrentino Tony@SVTCobraClub. com SVT Cobra Mustang Club www.SVTCobraClub. com SCMC Hotline: 803.371.0725 SVT - The passion never dies! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Ohrt To: classicmustang@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [Classic Mustang] 1969-70 Trunk Lid Prop Rod But not all 69-70s.  My 70 Sportsroof  and 70 Mach one did not have them.  I can understand the Sportroof, no spoiler.  But the Mach 1 did have the spoiler and no prop rod.   Production line variations or dealer added item perhaps?     Mahalo!!   Jim Ohrt ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan O'Reilly To: classicmustang@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [Classic Mustang] 1969-70 Trunk Lid Prop Rod All I'm telling you is the history, since I don't have a 69 or 70 fastback with which to experiment. Ford did in fact put a prop rod on 69/70 fastbacks. They wouldn't have done so had it not been necessary. At 12:09 PM 4/27/2009, Ray Davison wrote: >Dan O'Reilly wrote: > > 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 --- Dan O'Reilly 1971 Bright Red Mach 1 2002 Black Deluxe Convertible Colorado Springs, CO

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