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 ...

Most Ford cars and trucks have gas-charged hood lift springs, but not Mustangs. The humble prop rod dates back to the downsized 1974 Mustang II, which was the first Mustang to have one. Fox Mustangs ...