1976 Cobra build

I went on ebay looking for parts. I found something called metal hood latch retaining piece. I thought they were always plastic. The metal one looks better. Does anybody have one that they could post a pic of so I can see where and how it goes on? Thanks

This part. It says hood prop rod retainer but I thought that the prop rods were always held in with the little plastic clips

Does anybody know a good interior paint for the mustang ii turquoise interior?

Found out car has a rear end cooler and a Ford 9 inch as well.

Long time since I updated this thread. I put the new single 4 barrel edelbrock intake in my car to replace the dual quads. They were just to much for a street car and ran way to rich. When I got the car running I had a major coolant leak. It turns out my heads had been milled alot and I didn’t check them when I put the new intake on. When I put the intake on it bottomed out on the block and pulled the heads up. I pulled the heads and this is were it gets crazy. They were 1963.5 Shelby Hipo heads. The guy who had the car before me built the 289 that was in it and must have got these heads. He passed away before I bought the car so I did not know what was in the motor. After finding out what they were worth I sold them. I am not going to say what I sold them for but it was enough for me to buy AFR 165cc non emission heads. Because there was now coolant all throughout the rest of the motor I decided to rebuild it. When pulling it I had a real hard time getting the bell housing bolts out. It is because my car had another surprise. It had a C6 transmission. I had a solid lifter 1963 hipo cam in it and also a 1963 crack and rods with some old forged pistons that were .30 over. The block had one cylinder with pretty bad pitting and it would have needed to be bored out another 10. When my engine builder checked my other cylinders not one was the same size. I was going to fix it until my dad told me he had a short block 302 him and my mom bought in the 90’s that had come from a closing machine shop. I took it down to the engine builder and the machine work was much better. It has cast pistons but they are a brand my engine builder likes ( I don’t remember now)
I have not started to assemble the motor yet but will update when I do
The engine builder has said the motor we are building will be over 400 horsepower. With that and the c6 and the 9 inch I think I will be all set
It will be a hydraulic roller motor as well
To stiffen the chasis Ill be getting a DOM steel roll bar with door bars and rear bars that connect to the frame not the wheel wells
Also subframe connects and I will make some export braces for the engine compartment
So what seemed like bad luck before turned out to be nothing but good luck. With all the rare 60’s stuff the car had on it I can now afford to put together a more powerful motor. I just turned 18 and finally got my license. When the car is done it will be more than I ever dreamed of. I’ve had it for 8 years now. I hope I can get it on the road for next summer