signs of alien abduction...Check to see if a probe of some type (or the springs) was pushed up its tail pipe. Sounds strange to me!!!

The springs probably unhooked from the hood and are lying in the water drain wells where they attach at the other end.

Mark

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1984 300TD Wagon, 407,800 mi (current daily driver)
1985 300DT Sedan, 330,000 mi (gone to that great autobahn in the sky)