We received about 6 inches of snow here in the Carolinas (that's equivalent to about 6 feet up north), so I was catching up on some reading. I was looking through Greg Kolasa's "The Definitive Shelby Mustang Guide 1965-1970", on page 131 it says, "Some early cars used a Falcon prop rod in lieu of springs on the hinges to hold the hood open. Semicircular brackets on the bottom of the hood and the inner fender captured the ends of the rod."
There is an online version of some of the book here:
https://www.diyford.com/shelby-mustang-history-1967-gt350-gt500-longer-shelby/It's about 3/4's of the way down the page.
So are you all saying that is not true? What are the pics of then? (I'm not saying this to be combative. In fact, at SAAC 42 we had a good number of early 1967's and I didn't see this feature on any of them, but I just figured I may have missed it.)