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Originally Posted by Zeke3
My 37 coupe has the manual mechanism that Juergen describes, my serial number is an early February engine serial number. The Early Ford V8 club book on 37's show a running change to a spring loaded support later in production, page 3-21. The book also shows the length of the support with the spring, p/n 78-727690-B having a length of 12.5" from the centerline of the hole to the centerline of the rivet. Yours looks a good amount longer than that dimension.
A similar but longer support, p/n 78-7068970-B, was used on sedans. You might checkout the Automotive Trimming and Supplies catalog, page 13, for more details. I don't have a copy of that publication yet.
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Here’s the two spring type that I found on what looked like very original 37 Ford Coupes. The one in red has a notch ( turns horizontal ) then turns up 90 degree then turns horizontal again where the two mounting bolts mounts to the deck lid. Mine angles downward, ( where the two mounting bolts hook to the deck lid ) so not a 37 late model Coupe. I will check out the ones on the sedans that you mentioned. Either way if it is for a 37 Ford, I don’t see any company making repops of these, so to me anyway, has some value. I actually compared to my hinges, looks to be similar in length .Thankx !