After a few trips to the junk yard to find the parts I needed and a good set of struts, I got myself all setup!
My setup uses the same type of strut that the kit in the Pinto Times magazine does, with a pivot ball on each end of the strut, one large, one smaller.
I am using the struts from an 94 Mercury Cougar, the lower pivot studs off a 94 Ford Taurus, and the upper hood pivot brackets off a 92 Pontiac Grand Prix, talk about confusing! lol Now that the struts are on and working, all I need to take note of is what vehicle the struts came off of, the Cougar. That way I can replace them in the future with new ones.
I will post some photos in my project log when I get the time to.