I had a problem for years with my '68 Dart GTS, I had a fiberglass hood with the springs unhooked and they rattled constantly when driving. They were very loud and annoying and I hated using a hood prop at car shows on a windy day I did not dare walk away fearing the wind would catch my hood. I took the hinges off and removed the springs thinking it would solve the problem, well it did not they were just as annoying as ever. On this forum (FABO), I found a member "DART67" (to find him in a search on here it has to be written just like that with the quotation marks), His name is Herb Beer and he makes modified springs for A-body light weight hoods. Over the years Herb has made over 200 sets of these springs for others with tooling that he has created. I contacted Herb (he is a super nice person), I ordered a set of his springs and received them in just a few days. He gave me some tips for installation and let me tell you I wish I found this man years ago! I painted his spring assemblies to match my original car color and installed his modified springs to my original hinges without taking my fenders off and they work FANTASTIC !!!!. My fiberglass hood stays where ever I stop and leave it in its travel either opening or closing, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8 of it's travel and it stays there all by its self, NO MORE HOOD PROP !!! About the last 1/8 of its travel open, it will slowly travel open to its full extent. I LOVE this fix !!! His prices are very reasonable, and you will enjoy chatting with him. If you zoom in on the last photo, you will see that my drivers side hinge was hacked up by me. That is not a result of the hinges but because of the repairs I had done to my hood by another person. When I took the hood off to install the springs I noticed some cracks and sent to hood to a local shop for repair. The metal strip for the bolt holes inside the hood were not aligned correctly when repaired and I had to grind out the mounting holes to bolt on the hood. Herb seen the photos, (he lives in Arkansas), he called me this morning and made an awesome suggestion for a repair (which I accepted). Herb has also said that he would send me the parts to do the repair for free, even though I offered to pay him. See ... there are still some awesome people in this world. If anyone on here needs or would like this fix contact Herb simply search "DART67". Also you can look me up on facebook and I will post them there, Terry Richards, Concord,NC. I took it out for a ride yesterday 02/27/28 and it was fantastic, no more constant rattling only the sweet sound of the engine exhaust as I went through the gears ... THANKS HERB !!! View attachment 1715147410 View attachment 1715147411 View attachment 1715147412 View attachment 1715147413 View attachment 1715147414