hood hinges or springs?

[Teebone]

Working on my 67 Olds..Yeah Yeah not a Mustang..The hood will slowly close unless I prop it, It does not just drop but will close non the less after a minute or two. Is it the springs or the hinges?

 

[Midlife]

Springs. They get weak with time.

Or it could be the hinges, if they are really out of whack, which would affect the spring extension, which in turn, affects spring strength.

 

[Flysure1]

I would have to guess springs also, it seems like the hood would be hard to close if they were binding with rust or other issues, I have never owned many old gm's but I remember hood problems on some traded in at the dealership I worked at in the 70's.

 

[cmayna]

I heard that if you remove the pink broom (not necessarily the rider thereof) from under the hood, it might close easier.